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The Moon on Friday, October 31, 2014: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 54.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 13°

First Quarter at

02:48UTC

Moon phase on October 31, 2014First Quarter

Friday 31 October 2014370,202 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 31, 2014, the Moon was a First Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
370,202 km230,032 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (13°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2014 is on Thursday, November 6, 2014 at 22:23 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 23, 201421:57
First Quarter (this day)Friday, October 31, 201402:48
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 6, 201422:23

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Friday, October 31, 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.