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The Moon on Wednesday, October 1, 2014: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 46.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 04°

First Quarter at

19:33UTC

Moon phase on October 1, 2014First Quarter

Wednesday 1 October 2014375,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 1, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.6% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.6%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
375,328 km233,218 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, September 24, 201406:14
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, October 1, 201419:33
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 8, 201410:51

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Wednesday, October 1, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 2014 to the new moon of October 23, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.