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The Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2013: Waning Crescent, 45% lit

Waning · 45.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

22.5days

Moon phase on October 27, 2013Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 October 2013402,213 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 27, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 45.3% of its visible face lit, 22.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

45.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.5 dMoon age
402,213 km249,923 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 26, 201323:41
New Moon (after)Sunday, November 3, 201312:50

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Sunday, October 27, 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.