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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2017: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 09°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on October 18, 2017Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 October 2017389,007 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.9% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.9%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
389,007 km241,718 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 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.