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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 06°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on October 8, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 October 1943367,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.7% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
367,815 km228,550 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 29, 1943 at 11:29 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 6, 194320:10
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 13, 194313:23

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 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.