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The Moon on Friday, October 4, 2013: Waning Crescent, 0% lit

Waning · 0.4% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on October 4, 2013Waning Crescent

Friday 4 October 2013383,518 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 4, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.4% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.4%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
383,518 km238,307 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (5°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 27, 201303:56
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 5, 201300:35

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Friday, October 4, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 5, 2013 to the new moon of October 5, 2013, a cycle of 29.54 days.