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The Moon on Friday, December 25, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.8% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

17.4days

Moon phase on December 25, 1942Waning Gibbous

Friday 25 December 1942405,516 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 25, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.8% of its visible face lit, 17.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.4 dMoon age
405,516 km251,976 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (4°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 25, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around December 25

More about this date

Friday, December 25, 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.