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The Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 86% lit

Waxing · 85.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 1, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 1 October 1941387,554 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 1, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.7% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
387,554 km240,815 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 21, 1941 at 04:39 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 27, 194120:09
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 5, 194108:32

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Wednesday, October 1, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 1941 to the new moon of October 20, 1941, a cycle of 29.40 days.