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

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 23°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1901Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 15 October 1901406,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
406,177 km252,387 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (23°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1901 is on Sunday, October 27, 1901 at 15:06 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1901 at 13:11 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 12, 190113:11
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 20, 190117:58

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1901 to the new moon of November 11, 1901, a cycle of 29.77 days.