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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 01°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 6, 1994Waxing Crescent

Thursday 6 October 1994360,241 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
360,241 km223,843 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (2°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 1994 is on Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at 12:18 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 1994 at 03:55 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 5, 199403:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 11, 199419:17

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 1994 to the new moon of November 3, 1994, a cycle of 29.40 days.