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The Moon on Thursday, October 4, 2018: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 26.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 08°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 2018Waning Crescent

Thursday 4 October 2018367,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 4, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
367,397 km228,290 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 2, 201809:46
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 9, 201803:47

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Thursday, October 4, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 2018 to the new moon of October 9, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.