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The Moon on Wednesday, October 29, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 29, 2014Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 29 October 2014374,322 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 29, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
374,322 km232,593 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2014 is on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 22:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Wednesday, October 29, 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.