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The Moon on Sunday, October 20, 1901: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

First Quarter at

17:58UTC

Moon phase on October 20, 1901First Quarter

Sunday 20 October 1901392,985 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 20, 1901, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.6% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
392,985 km244,189 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1901 is on Sunday, October 27, 1901 at 15:06 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 12, 1901 at 13:11 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 12, 190113:11
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 20, 190117:58
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 27, 190115:06

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Sunday, October 20, 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.