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The Moon on Saturday, December 12, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on December 12, 1942Waxing Crescent

Saturday 12 December 1942368,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, December 12, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.1% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
368,221 km228,802 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 8, 1942 at 01:59 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Saturday, December 12, 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.