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The Moon on Wednesday, December 22, 1943: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on December 22, 1943Waning Crescent

Wednesday 22 December 1943388,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 22, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
388,755 km241,561 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1943 is on Saturday, December 11, 1943 at 16:25 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, December 19, 194320:04
New Moon (after)Monday, December 27, 194303:50

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Wednesday, December 22, 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.