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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1932: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on October 20, 1932Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 1932401,243 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.2% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
401,243 km249,321 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1932 is on Friday, October 14, 1932 at 13:18 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 29, 1932 at 14:56 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 14, 193213:18
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 22, 193217:14

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 1932 to the new moon of October 29, 1932, a cycle of 29.39 days.