Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°
Moon age
1.7days
Moon phase on October 28, 2011Waxing Crescent
On Friday, October 28, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
360,843 km224,218 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 28, 2011 is on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 20:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, October 26, 2011 | 19:56 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, November 2, 2011 | 16:38 |
The Moon around October 28
More about this date
Friday, October 28, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 26, 2011 to the new moon of November 25, 2011, a cycle of 29.43 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2011, or the whole moon calendar 2011.
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