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The Moon on Tuesday, December 2, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on December 2, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 2 December 1941406,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 2, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
406,417 km252,536 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1941 is on Wednesday, December 3, 1941 at 20:51 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 19, 1941 at 00:04 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, November 25, 194117:53
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, December 3, 194120:51

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Tuesday, December 2, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 19, 1941 to the new moon of December 18, 1941, a cycle of 29.43 days.