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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 7.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 7, 1994Waxing Crescent

Friday 7 October 1994360,926 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.9% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.9%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
360,926 km224,269 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1994 is on Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at 12:18 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 1994 at 03:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 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.