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The Moon on Wednesday, October 7, 1942: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on October 7, 1942Waning Crescent

Wednesday 7 October 1942387,878 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 7, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
387,878 km241,016 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1942 is on Thursday, September 24, 1942 at 14:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 2, 194210:27
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 10, 194204:06

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Wednesday, October 7, 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.