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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2013: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 04°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on October 29, 2013Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 October 2013395,087 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.7% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
395,087 km245,496 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (4°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.