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The Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1932: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on October 5, 1932Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 5 October 1932370,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 5, 1932, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.3% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
370,219 km230,044 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1932 is on Friday, October 14, 1932 at 13:18 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 30, 1932 at 05:30 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Wednesday, October 5, 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.