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The Moon on Saturday, October 20, 1900: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 20, 1900Waning Crescent

Saturday 20 October 1900406,109 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 20, 1900, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.4% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.4%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
406,109 km252,344 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1900 is on Monday, October 8, 1900 at 13:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 23, 1900 at 13:27 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 15, 190009:51
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 23, 190013:27

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Saturday, October 20, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 1900 to the new moon of October 23, 1900, a cycle of 29.73 days.