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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 1928: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 66.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on October 23, 1928Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 October 1928387,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 1928, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 66.2% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

66.2%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
387,974 km241,076 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1928 is on Sunday, October 28, 1928 at 22:43 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 13, 1928 at 15:56 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 21, 192821:06
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 28, 192822:43

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.