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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1940: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on October 10, 1940Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 10 October 1940396,969 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 1940, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
396,969 km246,665 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1940 is on Wednesday, October 16, 1940 at 08:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 1, 1940 at 12:41 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 8, 194006:18
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 16, 194008:15

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 1940 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1940 to the new moon of October 30, 1940, a cycle of 29.39 days.