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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1932: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 08°

First Quarter at

20:05UTC

Moon phase on October 6, 1932First Quarter

Thursday 6 October 1932374,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 1932, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
374,778 km232,876 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1932 is on Friday, October 14, 1932 at 13:18 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 30, 1932 at 05:30 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 30, 193205:30
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 6, 193220:05
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 14, 193213:18

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 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.