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The Moon on Friday, October 21, 2011: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 14°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 21, 2011Waning Crescent

Friday 21 October 2011376,473 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 21, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.7% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
376,473 km233,930 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 20, 201103:31
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 26, 201119:56

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Friday, October 21, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.