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The Moon on Monday, December 28, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

20.4days

Moon phase on December 28, 1942Waning Gibbous

Monday 28 December 1942398,136 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 28, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.1% of its visible face lit, 20.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.4 dMoon age
398,136 km247,390 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Monday, December 28, 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.