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The Moon on Friday, October 1, 1943: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on October 1, 1943Waxing Crescent

Friday 1 October 1943390,037 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 1, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
390,037 km242,358 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 29, 1943 at 11:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Friday, October 1, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 29, 1943 to the new moon of October 29, 1943, a cycle of 29.60 days.