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The Moon on Thursday, October 2, 1919: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

First Quarter at

08:37UTC

Moon phase on October 2, 1919First Quarter

Thursday 2 October 1919398,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 2, 1919, the Moon was a First Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
398,744 km247,768 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1919 is on Thursday, October 9, 1919 at 13:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 1919 at 04:34 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 24, 191904:34
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 2, 191908:37
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 9, 191913:38

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Thursday, October 2, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 1919 to the new moon of October 23, 1919, a cycle of 29.67 days.