Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, October 8, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 91.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on October 8, 1941Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 8 October 1941405,486 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 8, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.1% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.1%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
405,486 km251,957 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Wednesday, October 8, 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.