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The Moon on Sunday, October 7, 2018: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 7, 2018Waning Crescent

Sunday 7 October 2018367,770 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 7, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.8% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
367,770 km228,521 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (22°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Sunday, October 7, 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.