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The Moon on Thursday, October 26, 1911: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 17.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on October 26, 1911Waxing Crescent

Thursday 26 October 1911403,780 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 26, 1911, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
403,780 km250,897 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (21°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1911 is on Monday, November 6, 1911 at 15:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 22, 1911 at 04:09 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 22, 191104:09
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 30, 191106:41

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Thursday, October 26, 1911 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 22, 1911 to the new moon of November 20, 1911, a cycle of 29.69 days.