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The Moon on Friday, October 20, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 20, 1933Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 October 1933366,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 20, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
366,518 km227,743 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1933 is on Thursday, November 2, 1933 at 07:59 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 1933 at 05:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 19, 193305:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 25, 193322:21

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Friday, October 20, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 19, 1933 to the new moon of November 17, 1933, a cycle of 29.44 days.