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The Moon on Tuesday, December 15, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on December 15, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 December 1942384,166 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 15, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
384,166 km238,710 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (2°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 15, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 8, 1942 at 01:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, December 14, 194217:47
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, December 22, 194215:03

The Moon around December 15

More about this date

Tuesday, December 15, 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.