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The Moon on Saturday, October 14, 2017: Waning Crescent, 29% lit

Waning · 28.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 16°

Moon age

24.3days

Moon phase on October 14, 2017Waning Crescent

Saturday 14 October 2017376,245 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 14, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 28.6% of its visible face lit, 24.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

28.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.3 dMoon age
376,245 km233,788 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (17°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Saturday, October 14, 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.