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The Moon on Thursday, December 28, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

12.9days

Moon phase on December 28, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 28 December 1944377,810 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, December 28, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 12.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
12.9 dMoon age
377,810 km234,760 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to December 28, 1944 is on Friday, December 29, 1944 at 14:38 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, December 15, 1944 at 14:35 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around December 28

More about this date

Thursday, December 28, 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.