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The Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1920: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 6, 1920Waning Crescent

Wednesday 6 October 1920370,977 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 6, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.7% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
370,977 km230,514 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1920 is on Tuesday, September 28, 1920 at 01:56 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 12, 1920 at 00:50 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 5, 192000:53
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 12, 192000:50

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Wednesday, October 6, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 1920 to the new moon of October 12, 1920, a cycle of 29.50 days.