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The Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1937: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on October 2, 1937Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 October 1937386,974 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 2, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.4% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
386,974 km240,454 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (15°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1937 is on Monday, September 20, 1937 at 11:33 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 4, 1937 at 11:58 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, September 27, 193705:43
New Moon (after)Monday, October 4, 193711:58

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Saturday, October 2, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 4, 1937 to the new moon of October 4, 1937, a cycle of 29.54 days.