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The Moon on Wednesday, December 27, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

11.9days

Moon phase on December 27, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 27 December 1944374,894 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, December 27, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.7% of its visible face lit, 11.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.9 dMoon age
374,894 km232,948 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 27, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 27

More about this date

Wednesday, December 27, 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.