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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 1923: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

24.6days

Moon phase on October 5, 1923Waning Crescent

Friday 5 October 1923382,042 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 1923, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 24.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.6 dMoon age
382,042 km237,390 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (8°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1923 is on Tuesday, September 25, 1923 at 01:16 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 10, 1923 at 06:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 3, 192305:29
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 10, 192306:05

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 10, 1923 to the new moon of October 10, 1923, a cycle of 29.38 days.