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The Moon on Thursday, December 23, 1943: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on December 23, 1943Waning Crescent

Thursday 23 December 1943382,998 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
382,998 km237,984 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 23, 1943 is on Saturday, December 11, 1943 at 16:25 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around December 23

More about this date

Thursday, December 23, 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.