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The Moon on Tuesday, December 28, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 24°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on December 28, 1943Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 28 December 1943362,457 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 28, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
362,457 km225,220 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1943 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, December 27, 194303:50
First Quarter (after)Sunday, January 2, 194420:04

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Tuesday, December 28, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 27, 1943 to the new moon of January 25, 1944, a cycle of 29.48 days.