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The Moon on Friday, October 11, 2013: First Quarter, 45% lit

Waxing · 44.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 12°

First Quarter at

23:02UTC

Moon phase on October 11, 2013First Quarter

Friday 11 October 2013369,874 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 11, 2013, the Moon was a First Quarter: 44.8% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

44.8%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
369,874 km229,829 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (12°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 5, 201300:35
First Quarter (this day)Friday, October 11, 201323:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 18, 201323:38

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Friday, October 11, 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.