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The Moon on Monday, October 6, 1902: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 07°

Moon age

4.8days

Moon phase on October 6, 1902Waxing Crescent

Monday 6 October 1902402,675 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 6, 1902, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.4% of its visible face lit, 4.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.4%Illumination at noon UTC
4.8 dMoon age
402,675 km250,210 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (7°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1902 is on Friday, October 17, 1902 at 06:01 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1902 at 17:09 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Monday, October 6, 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.