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The Moon on Saturday, October 6, 1934: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on October 6, 1934Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 October 1934398,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 6, 1934, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
398,351 km247,523 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1934 is on Sunday, September 23, 1934 at 04:19 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 8, 1934 at 15:05 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, September 30, 193412:29
New Moon (after)Monday, October 8, 193415:05

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Saturday, October 6, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1934 to the new moon of October 8, 1934, a cycle of 29.61 days.