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The Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1927: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 34.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on October 2, 1927Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 October 1927397,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 2, 1927, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.5% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
397,248 km246,838 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1927 is on Monday, October 10, 1927 at 21:15 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 25, 1927 at 22:11 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 25, 192722:11
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 4, 192702:02

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Sunday, October 2, 1927 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1927 to the new moon of October 25, 1927, a cycle of 29.73 days.