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The Moon on Thursday, October 22, 1942: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 96.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on October 22, 1942Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 22 October 1942385,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 22, 1942, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 96.9% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

96.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
385,348 km239,444 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 22, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 10, 1942 at 04:06 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 22

More about this date

Thursday, October 22, 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.