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The Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1918: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 21°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on October 3, 1918Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 October 1918404,947 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 3, 1918, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
404,947 km251,622 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1918 is on Friday, September 20, 1918 at 13:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 1918 at 03:05 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 27, 191804:38
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 5, 191803:05

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Thursday, October 3, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 5, 1918 to the new moon of October 5, 1918, a cycle of 29.68 days.