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The Moon on Monday, December 22, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

4.1days

Moon phase on December 22, 1941Waxing Crescent

Monday 22 December 1941377,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 22, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.1 dMoon age
377,351 km234,475 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1941 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Monday, December 22, 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.