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The Moon on Thursday, December 17, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 27°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on December 17, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 December 1942393,439 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 17, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.1% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
393,439 km244,472 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 17, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, December 8, 1942 at 01:59 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 17

More about this date

Thursday, December 17, 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.