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The Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1932: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 2, 1932Waxing Crescent

Sunday 2 October 1932360,922 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 2, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,922 km224,266 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1932 is on Friday, October 14, 1932 at 13:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 30, 1932 at 05:30 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 30, 193205:30
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 6, 193220:05

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Sunday, October 2, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 1932 to the new moon of October 29, 1932, a cycle of 29.39 days.