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The Moon on Friday, December 12, 1941: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on December 12, 1941Waning Crescent

Friday 12 December 1941376,508 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 12, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
376,508 km233,951 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1941 is on Wednesday, December 3, 1941 at 20:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 11, 194118:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, December 18, 194110:18

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Friday, December 12, 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.