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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 1928: Waning Gibbous, 58% lit

Waning · 58.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 02°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on October 5, 1928Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 October 1928370,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
370,701 km230,343 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (3°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1928 is on Saturday, September 29, 1928 at 12:42 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 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.