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The Moon on Tuesday, December 19, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

3.9days

Moon phase on December 19, 1944Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 19 December 1944373,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 19, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.1% of its visible face lit, 3.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.1%Illumination at noon UTC
3.9 dMoon age
373,800 km232,268 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 19, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 19

More about this date

Tuesday, December 19, 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.