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The Moon on Friday, December 11, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on December 11, 1942Waxing Crescent

Friday 11 December 1942363,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 11, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.6% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
363,694 km225,989 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (7°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 11, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 8, 1942 at 01:59 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 11

More about this date

Friday, December 11, 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.