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The Moon on Friday, October 3, 1941: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on October 3, 1941Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 October 1941394,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 3, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.7% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
394,405 km245,072 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 21, 1941 at 04:39 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Friday, October 3, 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.