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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1933: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 1933Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 October 1933377,553 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
377,553 km234,600 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1933 is on Tuesday, October 3, 1933 at 17:08 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 1933 at 05:45 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 11, 193316:46
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 19, 193305:45

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1933 to the new moon of October 19, 1933, a cycle of 29.47 days.