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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1919: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 26, 1919Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 October 1919406,074 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
406,074 km252,323 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1919 is on Friday, November 7, 1919 at 23:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 1919 at 20:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 23, 191920:39
First Quarter (after)Saturday, November 1, 191901:43

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 1919 to the new moon of November 22, 1919, a cycle of 29.78 days.