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The Moon on Friday, October 6, 1944: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 6, 1944Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 October 1944375,925 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 6, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.7% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
375,925 km233,589 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1944 is on Monday, October 2, 1944 at 04:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Friday, October 6, 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.