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The Moon on Sunday, October 6, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on October 6, 1918Waxing Crescent

Sunday 6 October 1918406,446 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 6, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
406,446 km252,554 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1918 is on Saturday, October 19, 1918 at 21:35 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 1918 at 03:05 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 5, 191803:05
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 13, 191805:00

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Sunday, October 6, 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.