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The Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1926: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 16.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on October 2, 1926Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 October 1926405,058 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 2, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.9% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
405,058 km251,691 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1926 is on Tuesday, September 21, 1926 at 20:19 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 1926 at 22:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 28, 192617:48
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 6, 192622:13

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Saturday, October 2, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 1926 to the new moon of October 6, 1926, a cycle of 29.69 days.