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The Moon on Tuesday, October 20, 1908: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on October 20, 1908Waning Crescent

Tuesday 20 October 1908405,032 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 20, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
405,032 km251,675 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1908 is on Friday, October 9, 1908 at 21:03 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1908 at 06:46 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 17, 190803:35
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 25, 190806:46

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Tuesday, October 20, 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.