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The Moon on Monday, October 5, 1903: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on October 5, 1903Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 October 1903395,209 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 5, 1903, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
395,209 km245,572 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1903 is on Tuesday, October 6, 1903 at 15:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 21, 1903 at 04:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, September 28, 190313:09
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 6, 190315:24

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Monday, October 5, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 1903 to the new moon of October 20, 1903, a cycle of 29.46 days.