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The Moon on Thursday, October 23, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.3% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on October 23, 1930Waxing Crescent

Thursday 23 October 1930375,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 23, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.3% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.3%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
375,779 km233,498 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1930 is on Thursday, November 6, 1930 at 10:28 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 1930 at 21:48 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 21, 193021:48
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 29, 193009:22

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Thursday, October 23, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 21, 1930 to the new moon of November 20, 1930, a cycle of 29.52 days.