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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 1930: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 29°

Moon age

4.6days

Moon phase on October 26, 1930Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 October 1930391,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 1930, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.3% of its visible face lit, 4.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.6 dMoon age
391,755 km243,425 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (30°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1930 is on Thursday, November 6, 1930 at 10:28 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 1930 at 21:48 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 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.