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The Moon on Thursday, October 30, 2014: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

6.6days

Moon phase on October 30, 2014Waxing Crescent

Thursday 30 October 2014372,084 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 30, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 6.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.6 dMoon age
372,084 km231,202 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2014 is on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 22:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Thursday, October 30, 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.