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The Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 1943: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 27, 1943Waning Crescent

Wednesday 27 October 1943392,405 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 27, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
392,405 km243,829 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1943 is on Wednesday, October 13, 1943 at 13:23 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 29, 1943 at 01:59 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Wednesday, October 27, 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.