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The Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1943: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 55.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 1943Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 20 October 1943401,688 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 20, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.6% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
401,688 km249,597 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 29, 1943 at 01:59 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Wednesday, October 20, 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.