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The Moon on Sunday, December 24, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 70.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 26°

Moon age

8.9days

Moon phase on December 24, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 24 December 1944370,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, December 24, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 70.5% of its visible face lit, 8.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

70.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.9 dMoon age
370,407 km230,160 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (27°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 24, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 9 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 24

More about this date

Sunday, December 24, 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.