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The Moon on Monday, October 7, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 15°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on October 7, 2013Waxing Crescent

Monday 7 October 2013373,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 7, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
373,535 km232,104 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (16°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 5, 201300:35
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 11, 201323:02

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Monday, October 7, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 2013 to the new moon of November 3, 2013, a cycle of 29.51 days.