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The Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1929: Waxing Crescent, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

Moon age

0.6days

Moon phase on October 3, 1929Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 October 1929380,988 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 3, 1929, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 0.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
0.6 dMoon age
380,988 km236,735 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1929 is on Wednesday, September 18, 1929 at 23:16 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 1929 at 22:19 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 2, 192922:19
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 10, 192918:05

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Thursday, October 3, 1929 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1929 to the new moon of November 1, 1929, a cycle of 29.57 days.