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The Moon on Tuesday, October 12, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 12, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 12 October 1943367,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 12, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
367,065 km228,084 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

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

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Tuesday, October 12, 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.