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The Moon on Thursday, December 2, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on December 2, 1943Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 December 1943368,300 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 2, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.4% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
368,300 km228,851 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (14°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 2, 1943 is on Saturday, December 11, 1943 at 16:25 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 27, 1943 at 15:23 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, November 27, 194315:23
First Quarter (after)Saturday, December 4, 194311:04

The Moon around December 2

More about this date

Thursday, December 2, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 27, 1943 to the new moon of December 27, 1943, a cycle of 29.52 days.