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The Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on October 3, 1928Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 3 October 1928365,281 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 3, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
365,281 km226,975 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1928 is on Saturday, September 29, 1928 at 12:42 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 29, 192812:42
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 6, 192805:06

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Wednesday, October 3, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 1928 to the new moon of October 13, 1928, a cycle of 29.61 days.