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The Moon on Sunday, October 18, 1903: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

27.3days

Moon phase on October 18, 1903Waning Crescent

Sunday 18 October 1903369,633 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 18, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.9% of its visible face lit, 27.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.3 dMoon age
369,633 km229,679 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1903 is on Tuesday, October 6, 1903 at 15:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1903 at 15:30 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 13, 190319:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 20, 190315:30

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Sunday, October 18, 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.