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The Moon on Friday, October 2, 1914: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

12.6days

Moon phase on October 2, 1914Waxing Gibbous

Friday 2 October 1914400,425 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 2, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 12.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.6 dMoon age
400,425 km248,812 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1914 is on Sunday, October 4, 1914 at 05:59 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 19, 1914 at 21:33 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, September 26, 191412:03
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 4, 191405:59

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Friday, October 2, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1914 to the new moon of October 19, 1914, a cycle of 29.38 days.