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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on October 12, 1941Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 October 1941400,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.2% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
400,087 km248,602 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 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.