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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 59% lit

Waning · 58.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

20.8days

Moon phase on October 1, 1942Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 October 1942404,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.9% of its visible face lit, 20.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.9%Illumination at noon UTC
20.8 dMoon age
404,088 km251,089 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1942 is on Thursday, September 24, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, September 24, 194214:34
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 2, 194210:27

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 10, 1942 to the new moon of October 10, 1942, a cycle of 29.51 days.