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The Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1943: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°

Last Quarter at

01:42UTC

Moon phase on October 21, 1943Last Quarter

Thursday 21 October 1943403,682 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 21, 1943, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
403,682 km250,836 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 29, 1943 at 01:59 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 13, 194313:23
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 21, 194301:42
New Moon (after)Friday, October 29, 194301:59

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Thursday, October 21, 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.