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The Moon on Sunday, October 18, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 26% lit

Waxing · 26.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 26°

Moon age

5.5days

Moon phase on October 18, 2015Waxing Crescent

Sunday 18 October 2015391,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 18, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.4% of its visible face lit, 5.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.5 dMoon age
391,238 km243,104 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Sunday, October 18, 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.