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The Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1943: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 28.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 25°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 23, 1943Waning Crescent

Saturday 23 October 1943403,854 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 23, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.0% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.0%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
403,854 km250,943 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 29, 1943 at 01:59 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 21, 194301:42
New Moon (after)Friday, October 29, 194301:59

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Saturday, October 23, 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.