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The Moon on Friday, December 8, 1944: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 41.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

22.6days

Moon phase on December 8, 1944Waning Crescent

Friday 8 December 1944404,464 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 8, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.9% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
404,464 km251,322 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 8, 1944 is on Thursday, November 30, 1944 at 00:52 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, December 7, 194414:57
New Moon (after)Friday, December 15, 194414:35

The Moon around December 8

More about this date

Friday, December 8, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of November 15, 1944 to the new moon of December 15, 1944, a cycle of 29.67 days.