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The Moon on Monday, December 15, 1941: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 11°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on December 15, 1941Waning Crescent

Monday 15 December 1941361,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 15, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
361,899 km224,874 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1941 is on Wednesday, December 3, 1941 at 20:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Monday, December 15, 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.