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The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°

Moon age

1.0days

Moon phase on October 5, 1937Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 October 1937397,073 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 1.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.0 dMoon age
397,073 km246,730 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1937 is on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 at 21:48 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 4, 1937 at 11:58 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 4, 193711:58
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 12, 193715:47

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 1937 to the new moon of November 3, 1937, a cycle of 29.68 days.