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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2013: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on October 10, 2013Waxing Crescent

Thursday 10 October 2013369,860 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
369,860 km229,820 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 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.