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The Moon on Tuesday, December 23, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

5.1days

Moon phase on December 23, 1941Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 23 December 1941383,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 23, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.8% of its visible face lit, 5.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.1 dMoon age
383,674 km238,404 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1941 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Tuesday, December 23, 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.