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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 1943Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 October 1943389,339 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.3% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
389,339 km241,924 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 29, 1943 at 01:59 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 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.