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The Moon on Sunday, October 26, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 7% lit

Waxing · 7.3% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 04°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 26, 2014Waxing Crescent

Sunday 26 October 2014382,701 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 26, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 7.3% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

7.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
382,701 km237,799 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (4°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2014 is on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 22:23 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 23, 201421:57
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 31, 201402:48

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Sunday, October 26, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 2014 to the new moon of November 22, 2014, a cycle of 29.61 days.