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The Moon on Wednesday, December 2, 1942: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 26°

Moon age

23.9days

Moon phase on December 2, 1942Waning Crescent

Wednesday 2 December 1942387,195 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 2, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 23.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
23.9 dMoon age
387,195 km240,592 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1942 is on Sunday, November 22, 1942 at 20:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 8, 1942 at 01:59 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, December 1, 194201:37
New Moon (after)Tuesday, December 8, 194201:59

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Wednesday, December 2, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 8, 1942 to the new moon of December 8, 1942, a cycle of 29.44 days.