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The Moon on Monday, December 18, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on December 18, 1944Waxing Crescent

Monday 18 December 1944375,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, December 18, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.6% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
375,959 km233,610 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 18, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 15, 194414:35
First Quarter (after)Friday, December 22, 194415:54

The Moon around December 18

More about this date

Monday, December 18, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of December 15, 1944 to the new moon of January 14, 1945, a cycle of 29.61 days.