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The Moon on Thursday, October 21, 1909: Waxing Crescent, 42% lit

Waxing · 41.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

Moon age

7.2days

Moon phase on October 21, 1909Waxing Crescent

Thursday 21 October 1909385,316 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 21, 1909, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 41.7% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

41.7%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
385,316 km239,424 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1909 is on Thursday, October 28, 1909 at 22:07 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 14, 1909 at 08:13 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 14, 190908:13
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 22, 190907:03

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Thursday, October 21, 1909 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 1909 to the new moon of November 13, 1909, a cycle of 29.75 days.