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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 1942: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on October 9, 1942Waning Crescent

Friday 9 October 1942378,476 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
378,476 km235,174 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.