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The Moon on Friday, December 13, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 06°

Moon age

14.1days

Moon phase on December 13, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Friday 13 December 1940396,906 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 13, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 14.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
14.1 dMoon age
396,906 km246,626 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (6°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 13, 1940 is on Saturday, December 14, 1940 at 19:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 29, 1940 at 08:42 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, December 6, 194016:01
Full Moon (after)Saturday, December 14, 194019:38

The Moon around December 13

More about this date

Friday, December 13, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 29, 1940 to the new moon of December 28, 1940, a cycle of 29.51 days.