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The Moon on Tuesday, December 29, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 63% lit

Waning · 62.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on December 29, 1942Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 29 December 1942393,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 29, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 62.9% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.9%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
393,827 km244,713 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Tuesday, December 29, 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.