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The Moon on Wednesday, December 31, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 15°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on December 31, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 31 December 1941404,928 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 31, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
404,928 km251,610 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1941 is on Friday, January 2, 1942 at 15:42 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, December 18, 1941 at 10:18 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Wednesday, December 31, 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.