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The Moon on Thursday, October 3, 1991: Waning Crescent, 23% lit

Waning · 23.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 3, 1991Waning Crescent

Thursday 3 October 1991369,589 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 3, 1991, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 23.1% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

23.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
369,589 km229,652 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 1991 is on Monday, September 23, 1991 at 22:40 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 7, 1991 at 21:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 1, 199100:30
New Moon (after)Monday, October 7, 199121:39

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Thursday, October 3, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 1991 to the new moon of October 7, 1991, a cycle of 29.44 days.