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The Moon on Tuesday, December 26, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

10.9days

Moon phase on December 26, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 26 December 1944372,704 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, December 26, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.5% of its visible face lit, 10.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.9 dMoon age
372,704 km231,588 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 26, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 26

More about this date

Tuesday, December 26, 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.