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The Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1921: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 10°

First Quarter at

20:12UTC

Moon phase on October 8, 1921First Quarter

Saturday 8 October 1921399,526 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 8, 1921, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.8% of its visible face lit, 7.0 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.0 dMoon age
399,526 km248,254 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1921 is on Sunday, October 16, 1921 at 22:59 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 1921 at 12:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 1, 192112:26
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 8, 192120:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 16, 192122:59

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Saturday, October 8, 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.