Waxing · 6.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 18°
Moon age
2.3days
Moon phase on October 11, 2018Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, October 11, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.
6.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
383,003 km237,987 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 11, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | 03:47 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | 18:02 |
The Moon around October 11
More about this date
Thursday, October 11, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2018 to the new moon of November 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.51 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.