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The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1926: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 25°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on October 5, 1926Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 October 1926405,310 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.0% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
405,310 km251,848 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1926 is on Tuesday, September 21, 1926 at 20:19 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 1926 at 22:13 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 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.