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The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1948: Waxing Crescent, 10% lit

Waxing · 9.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

2.7days

Moon phase on October 5, 1948Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 October 1948371,445 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 1948, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 9.8% of its visible face lit, 2.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

9.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.7 dMoon age
371,445 km230,805 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1948 is on Monday, October 18, 1948 at 02:24 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 2, 1948 at 19:42 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 2, 194819:42
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 9, 194822:10

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 1948 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 1948 to the new moon of November 1, 1948, a cycle of 29.43 days.