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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 2011: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

27.0days

Moon phase on October 24, 2011Waning Crescent

Monday 24 October 2011360,907 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 27.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
27.0 dMoon age
360,907 km224,257 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 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.