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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 1984: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on October 26, 1984Waxing Crescent

Friday 26 October 1984366,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 1984, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
366,116 km227,494 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 1984 is on Thursday, November 8, 1984 at 17:43 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 24, 198412:08
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 31, 198413:08

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 24, 1984 to the new moon of November 22, 1984, a cycle of 29.45 days.