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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 1941: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on October 15, 1941Waning Crescent

Wednesday 15 October 1941384,954 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.6% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
384,954 km239,199 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (15°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 13, 194112:52
New Moon (after)Monday, October 20, 194114:20

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 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.