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The Moon on Friday, October 13, 2017: Waning Crescent, 39% lit

Waning · 39.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on October 13, 2017Waning Crescent

Friday 13 October 2017373,517 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 13, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 39.1% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

39.1%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
373,517 km232,092 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 12, 201712:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 19, 201719:12

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Friday, October 13, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 2017 to the new moon of October 19, 2017, a cycle of 29.57 days.