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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 1942Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 27 October 1942401,859 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.3% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.3%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
401,859 km249,703 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 8, 1942 at 15:19 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 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.