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The Moon on Sunday, October 9, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

8.0days

Moon phase on October 9, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 9 October 1921402,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 9, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 8.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.0 dMoon age
402,530 km250,120 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1921 is on Sunday, October 16, 1921 at 22:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 1921 at 12:26 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 8, 192120:12
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 16, 192122:59

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Sunday, October 9, 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.