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The Moon on Saturday, October 8, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 15.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 01°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on October 8, 1994Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 October 1994363,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 8, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 15.6% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

15.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
363,135 km225,641 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (1°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1994 is on Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at 12:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 1994 at 03:55 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Saturday, October 8, 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.