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The Moon on Thursday, October 11, 1928: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on October 11, 1928Waning Crescent

Thursday 11 October 1928392,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 11, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
392,222 km243,716 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 1928 is on Saturday, September 29, 1928 at 12:42 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Thursday, October 11, 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.