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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 1942: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on October 14, 1942Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 October 1942368,036 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
368,036 km228,687 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (18°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 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.