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The Moon on Wednesday, December 30, 1942: Last Quarter, 53% lit

Waning · 53.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Last Quarter at

18:37UTC

Moon phase on December 30, 1942Last Quarter

Wednesday 30 December 1942388,674 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 30, 1942, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 53.0% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

53.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
388,674 km241,511 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 30, 1942 is on Tuesday, December 22, 1942 at 15:03 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, January 6, 1943 at 12:38 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, December 22, 194215:03
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, December 30, 194218:37
New Moon (after)Wednesday, January 6, 194312:38

The Moon around December 30

More about this date

Wednesday, December 30, 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.