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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1901: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 11°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on October 9, 1901Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 October 1901395,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
395,646 km245,843 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (11°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1901 is on Saturday, September 28, 1901 at 05:36 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1901 at 13:11 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 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.