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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1941: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 42.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on October 26, 1941Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 October 1941375,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1941, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 42.3% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
375,418 km233,274 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1941 is on Tuesday, November 4, 1941 at 02:00 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 20, 194114:20
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 27, 194105:04

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 20, 1941 to the new moon of November 19, 1941, a cycle of 29.41 days.