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The Moon on Monday, October 26, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on October 26, 1942Waning Gibbous

Monday 26 October 1942399,147 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 26, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.4% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
399,147 km248,018 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 8, 1942 at 15:19 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 24, 194204:05
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, November 1, 194206:18

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Monday, October 26, 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.