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The Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2013: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 16°

Moon age

25.5days

Moon phase on October 30, 2013Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 October 2013390,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 30, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 25.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.5 dMoon age
390,218 km242,470 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (17°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Wednesday, October 30, 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.