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The Moon on Friday, October 17, 2014: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 34.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on October 17, 2014Waning Crescent

Friday 17 October 2014404,541 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 17, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.2% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

34.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
404,541 km251,370 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 15, 201419:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 23, 201421:57

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Friday, October 17, 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.