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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2013: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on October 31, 2013Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 October 2013384,924 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 2013, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
384,924 km239,181 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (30°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 3, 2013 at 12:50 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 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.