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The Moon on Monday, October 23, 1944: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

Moon age

6.3days

Moon phase on October 23, 1944Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 October 1944383,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 23, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.7% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
383,333 km238,192 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1944 is on Tuesday, October 31, 1944 at 13:35 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 17, 194405:35
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 24, 194422:48

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Monday, October 23, 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.