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The Moon on Tuesday, October 8, 1901: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 15.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on October 8, 1901Waning Crescent

Tuesday 8 October 1901392,157 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 8, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 15.4% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

15.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
392,157 km243,675 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1901 is on Saturday, September 28, 1901 at 05:36 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1901 at 13:11 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 4, 190120:52
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 12, 190113:11

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Tuesday, October 8, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 1901 to the new moon of October 12, 1901, a cycle of 29.66 days.