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The Moon on Saturday, October 13, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 20.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

4.3days

Moon phase on October 13, 2018Waxing Crescent

Saturday 13 October 2018393,067 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 13, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 20.6% of its visible face lit, 4.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

20.6%Illumination at noon UTC
4.3 dMoon age
393,067 km244,240 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 9, 201803:47
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 16, 201818:02

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Saturday, October 13, 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.