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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 1902: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

First Quarter at

17:21UTC

Moon phase on October 9, 1902First Quarter

Thursday 9 October 1902403,572 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 1902, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 7.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.8 dMoon age
403,572 km250,768 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (13°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1902 is on Friday, October 17, 1902 at 06:01 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 1, 1902 at 17:09 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 1, 190217:09
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 9, 190217:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 17, 190206:01

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 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.