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The Moon on Friday, December 19, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

1.1days

Moon phase on December 19, 1941Waxing Crescent

Friday 19 December 1941361,444 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 19, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 1.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
1.1 dMoon age
361,444 km224,591 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1941 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, December 18, 194110:18
First Quarter (after)Thursday, December 25, 194110:44

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Friday, December 19, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 18, 1941 to the new moon of January 16, 1942, a cycle of 29.47 days.