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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 1900: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

2.9days

Moon phase on October 26, 1900Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 October 1900397,762 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 1900, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.9 dMoon age
397,762 km247,158 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1900 is on Tuesday, November 6, 1900 at 23:00 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 23, 1900 at 13:27 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 23, 190013:27
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 31, 190008:18

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 1900 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1900 to the new moon of November 22, 1900, a cycle of 29.74 days.