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The Moon on Friday, October 21, 1921: Waning Gibbous, 78% lit

Waning · 78.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 21, 1921Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 October 1921377,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 21, 1921, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
377,646 km234,658 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1921 is on Sunday, October 16, 1921 at 22:59 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 1921 at 23:38 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 16, 192122:59
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 24, 192104:31

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Friday, October 21, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1921 to the new moon of October 30, 1921, a cycle of 29.47 days.