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The Moon on Monday, October 27, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 13.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 17°

Moon age

3.6days

Moon phase on October 27, 2014Waxing Crescent

Monday 27 October 2014379,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 27, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.9% of its visible face lit, 3.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.6 dMoon age
379,648 km235,902 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (17°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2014 is on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 22:23 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Monday, October 27, 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.