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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 1901: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 28.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 18, 1901Waxing Crescent

Friday 18 October 1901401,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 1901, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.7% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
401,371 km249,401 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1901 is on Sunday, October 27, 1901 at 15:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1901 at 13:11 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 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.