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The Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1933: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 21, 1933Waxing Crescent

Saturday 21 October 1933365,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 21, 1933, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.2% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
365,227 km226,941 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1933 is on Thursday, November 2, 1933 at 07:59 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 1933 at 05:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Saturday, October 21, 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.