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The Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1913: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 2, 1913Waxing Crescent

Thursday 2 October 1913364,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 2, 1913, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
364,477 km226,475 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1913 is on Wednesday, October 15, 1913 at 06:07 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 30, 1913 at 04:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 30, 191304:57
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 7, 191301:46

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Thursday, October 2, 1913 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 1913 to the new moon of October 29, 1913, a cycle of 29.40 days.