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The Moon on Friday, December 22, 1944: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

First Quarter at

15:54UTC

Moon phase on December 22, 1944First Quarter

Friday 22 December 1944370,373 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, December 22, 1944, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.3% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
370,373 km230,139 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 22, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, December 15, 194414:35
First Quarter (this day)Friday, December 22, 194415:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, December 29, 194414:38

The Moon around December 22

More about this date

Friday, December 22, 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.