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The Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 1905: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 28.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on October 3, 1905Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 3 October 1905369,494 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 3, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 28.2% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

28.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
369,494 km229,593 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1905 is on Friday, October 13, 1905 at 11:03 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 28, 1905 at 21:59 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 28, 190521:59
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 5, 190512:54

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Tuesday, October 3, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1905 to the new moon of October 28, 1905, a cycle of 29.37 days.