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The Moon on Thursday, October 28, 1937: Waning Crescent, 30% lit

Waning · 29.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 28°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 1937Waning Crescent

Thursday 28 October 1937383,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 28, 1937, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 29.7% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

29.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
383,755 km238,454 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (29°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1937 is on Tuesday, October 19, 1937 at 21:48 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 3, 1937 at 04:16 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 26, 193713:26
New Moon (after)Wednesday, November 3, 193704:16

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Thursday, October 28, 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.