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The Moon on Monday, October 3, 1921: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 06°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on October 3, 1921Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 October 1921373,456 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 3, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
373,456 km232,055 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1921 is on Sunday, October 16, 1921 at 22:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 1921 at 12:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 1, 192112:26
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 8, 192120:12

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Monday, October 3, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 1921 to the new moon of October 30, 1921, a cycle of 29.47 days.