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The Moon on Saturday, October 28, 1995: Waxing Crescent, 24% lit

Waxing · 23.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on October 28, 1995Waxing Crescent

Saturday 28 October 1995366,290 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 28, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.9% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.9%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
366,290 km227,602 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 1995 is on Tuesday, November 7, 1995 at 07:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 24, 1995 at 04:36 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 24, 199504:36
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 30, 199521:17

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Saturday, October 28, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 24, 1995 to the new moon of November 22, 1995, a cycle of 29.46 days.