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The Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on October 5, 1902Waxing Crescent

Sunday 5 October 1902400,162 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 5, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.0% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.0%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
400,162 km248,649 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1902 is on Friday, October 17, 1902 at 06:01 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1902 at 17:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 1, 190217:09
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 9, 190217:21

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Sunday, October 5, 1902 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1902 to the new moon of October 31, 1902, a cycle of 29.63 days.