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The Moon on Thursday, December 24, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on December 24, 1942Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 December 1942406,271 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 24, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
406,271 km252,445 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (22°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 22, 194215:03
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, December 30, 194218:37

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Thursday, December 24, 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.