Waxing · 37.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 14°
Moon age
5.9days
Moon phase on December 21, 1944Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, December 21, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 37.0% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.
37.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
371,049 km230,559 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (14°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to December 21, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Friday, December 15, 1944 | 14:35 |
| First Quarter (after) | Friday, December 22, 1944 | 15:54 |
The Moon around December 21
More about this date
Thursday, December 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in December 1944, or the whole moon calendar 1944.
- The same date one year apart: 1943 · 1945.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.