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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 1991: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 10, 1991Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 October 1991390,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.6% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.6%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
390,755 km242,804 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 1991 is on Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at 11:08 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 7, 1991 at 21:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 7, 199121:39
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 15, 199117:33

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 1991 to the new moon of November 6, 1991, a cycle of 29.56 days.