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The Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 1926: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

New Moon at

22:13UTC

Moon phase on October 6, 1926New Moon

Wednesday 6 October 1926403,899 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 6, 1926, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.3 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.3 dMoon age
403,899 km250,971 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (8°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1926 is on Tuesday, September 21, 1926 at 20:19 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 1926 at 22:13 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 28, 192617:48
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, October 6, 192622:13
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 14, 192614:28

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Wednesday, October 6, 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.