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The Moon on Monday, October 31, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 28% lit

Waxing · 27.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 11°

Moon age

4.7days

Moon phase on October 31, 2011Waxing Crescent

Monday 31 October 2011377,002 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 31, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 4.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
4.7 dMoon age
377,002 km234,258 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (11°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2011 is on Thursday, November 10, 2011 at 20:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 26, 201119:56
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, November 2, 201116:38

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Monday, October 31, 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.