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The Moon on Friday, December 26, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

8.1days

Moon phase on December 26, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 December 1941399,378 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 26, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 8.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
8.1 dMoon age
399,378 km248,162 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1941 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, December 25, 194110:44
Full Moon (after)Friday, January 2, 194215:42

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Friday, December 26, 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.