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The Moon on Monday, October 6, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on October 6, 1941Waning Gibbous

Monday 6 October 1941402,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 6, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
402,576 km250,149 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 5, 194108:32
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 13, 194112:52

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Monday, October 6, 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.