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The Moon on Saturday, December 6, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 93.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on December 6, 1941Waning Gibbous

Saturday 6 December 1941401,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 6, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 93.7% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

93.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
401,894 km249,725 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 6, 1941 is on Wednesday, December 3, 1941 at 20:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, December 3, 194120:51
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, December 11, 194118:48

The Moon around December 6

More about this date

Saturday, December 6, 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.