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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 2018: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 23°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 5, 2018Waning Crescent

Friday 5 October 2018366,483 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.3% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
366,483 km227,722 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (23°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 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.