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The Moon on Wednesday, December 20, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 00°

Moon age

4.9days

Moon phase on December 20, 1944Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 20 December 1944372,179 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 20, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 4.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.9 dMoon age
372,179 km231,261 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 20, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 20

More about this date

Wednesday, December 20, 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.