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The Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 16°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on October 20, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 20 October 1945358,000 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 20, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.0% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.0%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
358,000 km222,451 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (16°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 14, 194509:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 21, 194505:32

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Saturday, October 20, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1945 to the new moon of November 4, 1945, a cycle of 29.74 days.