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The Moon on Sunday, December 12, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

14.9days

Moon phase on December 12, 1943Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 December 1943394,741 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 12, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 14.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.9 dMoon age
394,741 km245,281 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 12, 1943 is on Saturday, December 11, 1943 at 16:25 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 15 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, December 11, 194316:25
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, December 19, 194320:04

The Moon around December 12

More about this date

Sunday, December 12, 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.