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The Moon on Wednesday, October 13, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 36.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

Moon age

5.7days

Moon phase on October 13, 2010Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 13 October 2010389,986 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 13, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.4% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
389,986 km242,326 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 7, 201018:44
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 14, 201021:28

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Wednesday, October 13, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 2010 to the new moon of November 6, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.