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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 15% lit

Waxing · 14.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 29°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on October 8, 1937Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 October 1937404,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.6% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
404,233 km251,178 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1937 is on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 at 21:48 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 4, 1937 at 11:58 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 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.