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The Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1944: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on October 28, 1944Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 28 October 1944362,240 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 28, 1944, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
362,240 km225,085 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1944 is on Tuesday, October 31, 1944 at 13:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 24, 194422:48
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 31, 194413:35

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Saturday, October 28, 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.