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The Moon on Tuesday, October 9, 1928: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 9, 1928Waning Crescent

Tuesday 9 October 1928385,286 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 9, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
385,286 km239,406 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1928 is on Saturday, September 29, 1928 at 12:42 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 6, 192805:06
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 13, 192815:56

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Tuesday, October 9, 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.