Skip to content
The Moon on Monday, October 15, 1928: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on October 15, 1928Waxing Crescent

Monday 15 October 1928403,229 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 15, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.2% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
403,229 km250,555 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1928 is on Sunday, October 28, 1928 at 22:43 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 13, 192815:56
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 21, 192821:06

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Monday, October 15, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 1928 to the new moon of November 12, 1928, a cycle of 29.74 days.