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The Moon on Monday, October 24, 2016: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 32.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 21°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on October 24, 2016Waning Crescent

Monday 24 October 2016389,298 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 24, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.7% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.7%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
389,298 km241,898 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (22°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 22, 201619:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 30, 201617:38

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Monday, October 24, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 30, 2016, a cycle of 29.73 days.