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The Moon on Monday, October 12, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 12, 1942Waxing Crescent

Monday 12 October 1942369,302 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 12, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.1% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.1%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
369,302 km229,474 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 10, 194204:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 16, 194222:58

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Monday, October 12, 1942 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 1942 to the new moon of November 8, 1942, a cycle of 29.47 days.