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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 1905: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

9.6days

Moon phase on October 8, 1905Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 8 October 1905394,733 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 1905, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.8% of its visible face lit, 9.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.6 dMoon age
394,733 km245,276 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1905 is on Friday, October 13, 1905 at 11:03 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 28, 1905 at 21:59 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 5, 190512:54
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 13, 190511:03

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 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.