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The Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1915: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 39.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 20°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on October 2, 1915Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 October 1915399,599 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 2, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
399,599 km248,299 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (20°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1915 is on Thursday, September 23, 1915 at 09:35 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 8, 1915 at 21:42 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 1, 191509:44
New Moon (after)Friday, October 8, 191521:42

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Saturday, October 2, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1915 to the new moon of October 8, 1915, a cycle of 29.45 days.