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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1912: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on October 9, 1912Waning Crescent

Wednesday 9 October 1912366,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 1912, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
366,977 km228,029 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1912 is on Thursday, September 26, 1912 at 11:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 10, 1912 at 13:40 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 3, 191220:48
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 10, 191213:40

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 1912 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 1912 to the new moon of October 10, 1912, a cycle of 29.41 days.