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The Moon on Friday, December 31, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 25% lit

Waxing · 24.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 08°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on December 31, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 31 December 1943366,167 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 31, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 24.6% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

24.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,167 km227,526 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 31, 1943 is on Monday, January 10, 1944 at 10:10 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, December 27, 1943 at 03:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 31

More about this date

Friday, December 31, 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.