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The Moon on Wednesday, December 29, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 09°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on December 29, 1943Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 December 1943362,327 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 29, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
362,327 km225,140 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (9°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 29, 1943 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 29

More about this date

Wednesday, December 29, 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.