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The Moon on Saturday, October 31, 1942: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 57.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on October 31, 1942Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 October 1942403,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 31, 1942, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 57.4% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

57.4%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
403,238 km250,560 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (29°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 1942 is on Saturday, October 24, 1942 at 04:05 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 8, 1942 at 15:19 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Saturday, October 31, 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.