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The Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 1914: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on October 21, 1914Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 21 October 1914360,343 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 21, 1914, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
360,343 km223,907 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (29°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1914 is on Monday, November 2, 1914 at 23:48 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 19, 1914 at 06:33 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 19, 191406:33
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 25, 191422:44

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Wednesday, October 21, 1914 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 19, 1914 to the new moon of November 17, 1914, a cycle of 29.39 days.