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The Moon on Tuesday, December 9, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 19°

Moon age

20.5days

Moon phase on December 9, 1941Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 9 December 1941391,805 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 9, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.9% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
391,805 km243,456 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1941 is on Wednesday, December 3, 1941 at 20:51 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Tuesday, December 9, 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.