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The Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 22% lit

Waxing · 21.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 11°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on October 9, 1937Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 October 1937405,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 9, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.9% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
405,029 km251,673 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1937 is on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 at 21:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 4, 1937 at 11:58 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Saturday, October 9, 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.