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The Moon on Friday, October 2, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

6.9days

Moon phase on October 2, 1908Waxing Crescent

Friday 2 October 1908378,635 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 2, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.8% of its visible face lit, 6.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.9 dMoon age
378,635 km235,273 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (29°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1908 is on Friday, October 9, 1908 at 21:03 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 25, 1908 at 14:59 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 25, 190814:59
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 3, 190806:13

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Friday, October 2, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1908 to the new moon of October 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.66 days.