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The Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1905: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 49.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

First Quarter at

12:54UTC

Moon phase on October 5, 1905First Quarter

Thursday 5 October 1905380,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 5, 1905, the Moon was a First Quarter: 49.7% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

49.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
380,333 km236,328 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1905 is on Friday, October 13, 1905 at 11:03 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 28, 1905 at 21:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 28, 190521:59
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 5, 190512:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 13, 190511:03

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Thursday, October 5, 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.