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The Moon on Friday, October 3, 1924: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on October 3, 1924Waxing Crescent

Friday 3 October 1924367,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 3, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.8% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
367,799 km228,540 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1924 is on Sunday, October 12, 1924 at 20:21 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 28, 1924 at 20:16 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 28, 192420:16
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 5, 192414:30

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Friday, October 3, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1924 to the new moon of October 28, 1924, a cycle of 29.45 days.