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The Moon on Saturday, October 5, 1918: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

New Moon at

03:05UTC

Moon phase on October 5, 1918New Moon

Saturday 5 October 1918406,609 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 5, 1918, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 0.4 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
0.4 dMoon age
406,609 km252,655 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1918 is on Saturday, October 19, 1918 at 21:35 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 1918 at 03:05 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 27, 191804:38
New Moon (this day)Saturday, October 5, 191803:05
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 13, 191805:00

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Saturday, October 5, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 1918 to the new moon of November 3, 1918, a cycle of 29.75 days.