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The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1915: Waning Crescent, 14% lit

Waning · 13.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

26.0days

Moon phase on October 5, 1915Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 October 1915385,418 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 1915, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 13.7% of its visible face lit, 26.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

13.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.0 dMoon age
385,418 km239,487 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1915 is on Thursday, September 23, 1915 at 09:35 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 8, 1915 at 21:42 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 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.