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The Moon on Wednesday, October 14, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

1.5days

Moon phase on October 14, 2015Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 14 October 2015403,576 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 14, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 1.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.5 dMoon age
403,576 km250,770 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (7°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 13, 201500:06
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 20, 201520:31

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Wednesday, October 14, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 days.