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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 85% lit

Waning · 85.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 01°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on October 9, 1941Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 October 1941405,736 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.0% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.0%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
405,736 km252,112 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 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.