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The Moon on Friday, October 23, 1908: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

27.9days

Moon phase on October 23, 1908Waning Crescent

Friday 23 October 1908399,659 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 23, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 27.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.9 dMoon age
399,659 km248,336 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (9°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1908 is on Friday, October 9, 1908 at 21:03 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1908 at 06:46 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Friday, October 23, 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.