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The Moon on Sunday, October 22, 1939: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on October 22, 1939Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 22 October 1939404,828 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 22, 1939, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
404,828 km251,548 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1939 is on Saturday, October 28, 1939 at 06:42 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 12, 1939 at 20:30 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 20, 193903:24
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 28, 193906:42

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Sunday, October 22, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1939 to the new moon of November 11, 1939, a cycle of 29.48 days.