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The Moon on Sunday, October 2, 1994: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 9.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 03°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 2, 1994Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 October 1994373,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 2, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.7% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
373,367 km232,000 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1994 is on Monday, September 19, 1994 at 20:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 1994 at 03:55 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 28, 199400:24
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 5, 199403:55

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Sunday, October 2, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 5, 1994 to the new moon of October 5, 1994, a cycle of 29.39 days.