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The Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on October 3, 1944Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 3 October 1944360,276 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 3, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
360,276 km223,865 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1944 is on Monday, October 2, 1944 at 04:22 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 2, 194404:22
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 9, 194401:12

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Tuesday, October 3, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1944 to the new moon of October 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.71 days.