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The Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1908: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 13.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

25.9days

Moon phase on October 21, 1908Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 October 1908404,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 21, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 25.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.9 dMoon age
404,070 km251,078 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1908 is on Friday, October 9, 1908 at 21:03 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1908 at 06:46 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Wednesday, October 21, 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.