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The Moon on Saturday, December 20, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 27°

Moon age

2.1days

Moon phase on December 20, 1941Waxing Crescent

Saturday 20 December 1941365,715 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 20, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.1 dMoon age
365,715 km227,245 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (27°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1941 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Saturday, December 20, 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.