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The Moon on Sunday, October 19, 2014: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 17.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 06°

Moon age

25.2days

Moon phase on October 19, 2014Waning Crescent

Sunday 19 October 2014404,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 19, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.8% of its visible face lit, 25.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.8%Illumination at noon UTC
25.2 dMoon age
404,008 km251,039 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Sunday, October 19, 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.