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The Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 92% lit

Waxing · 92.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on October 21, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 21 October 1942382,061 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 21, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.3% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
382,061 km237,402 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 16, 194222:58
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 24, 194204:05

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Wednesday, October 21, 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.