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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2013: Waning Gibbous, 73% lit

Waning · 72.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on October 24, 2013Waning Gibbous

Thursday 24 October 2013403,797 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.8% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
403,797 km250,908 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 18, 201323:38
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 26, 201323:41

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 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.