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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 1926: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 60.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

8.6days

Moon phase on October 15, 1926Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 October 1926371,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 60.1% of its visible face lit, 8.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

60.1%Illumination at noon UTC
8.6 dMoon age
371,800 km231,026 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1926 is on Thursday, October 21, 1926 at 05:15 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 1926 at 22:13 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 14, 192614:28
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 21, 192605:15

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1926 to the new moon of November 5, 1926, a cycle of 29.68 days.