Waxing · 16.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 16°
Moon age
4.3days
Moon phase on October 21, 1944Waxing Crescent
On Saturday, October 21, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
391,747 km243,420 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (16°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 1944 is on Tuesday, October 31, 1944 at 13:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 4 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 17, 1944 | 05:35 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, October 24, 1944 | 22:48 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Saturday, October 21, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 17, 1944 to the new moon of November 15, 1944, a cycle of 29.70 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 1944, or the whole moon calendar 1944.
- The same date one year apart: 1943 · 1945.
- Born on this day? The moon phase on your birthday tool adds your birth time and your moon sign.
- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.