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The Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 82.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on October 28, 1942Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 28 October 1942403,816 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 28, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
403,816 km250,920 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 8, 1942 at 15:19 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Wednesday, October 28, 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.