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The Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1926: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 00°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on October 23, 1926Waning Gibbous

Saturday 23 October 1926372,411 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 23, 1926, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
372,411 km231,405 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (0°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1926 is on Thursday, October 21, 1926 at 05:15 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 5, 1926 at 14:34 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 21, 192605:15
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 28, 192610:57

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Saturday, October 23, 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.