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The Moon on Wednesday, December 9, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 06°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on December 9, 1942Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 December 1942358,451 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 9, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
358,451 km222,731 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (7°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 9, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 8, 1942 at 01:59 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, December 8, 194201:59
First Quarter (after)Monday, December 14, 194217:47

The Moon around December 9

More about this date

Wednesday, December 9, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 8, 1942 to the new moon of January 6, 1943, a cycle of 29.44 days.