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The Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1943: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1943Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 October 1943388,487 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 28, 1943, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.6% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.6%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
388,487 km241,395 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1943 is on Friday, November 12, 1943 at 01:27 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 29, 1943 at 01:59 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Thursday, October 28, 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.