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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 16°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1943Waning Gibbous

Friday 15 October 1943378,743 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
378,743 km235,340 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 29, 1943 at 01:59 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 13, 194313:23
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 21, 194301:42

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 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.