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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 1908: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on October 27, 1908Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 27 October 1908386,560 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 1908, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
386,560 km240,197 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 1908 is on Sunday, November 8, 1908 at 07:58 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1908 at 06:46 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 25, 190806:46
First Quarter (after)Sunday, November 1, 190814:16

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 25, 1908 to the new moon of November 23, 1908, a cycle of 29.63 days.