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The Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2007: Waning Crescent, 20% lit

Waning · 19.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 20°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 6, 2007Waning Crescent

Saturday 6 October 2007391,778 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 6, 2007, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 19.9% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

19.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
391,778 km243,440 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (20°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2007 is on Wednesday, September 26, 2007 at 19:45 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 05:01 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 3, 200710:06
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 11, 200705:01

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Saturday, October 6, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 11, 2007 to the new moon of October 11, 2007, a cycle of 29.68 days.