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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 02°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on October 9, 1918Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 October 1918401,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 16.3% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
401,504 km249,483 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1918 is on Saturday, October 19, 1918 at 21:35 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 1918 at 03:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 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.