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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2019: Waning Crescent, 19% lit

Waning · 18.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

25.7days

Moon phase on October 24, 2019Waning Crescent

Thursday 24 October 2019364,090 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 18.5% of its visible face lit, 25.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.5%Illumination at noon UTC
25.7 dMoon age
364,090 km226,235 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 21, 201912:39
New Moon (after)Monday, October 28, 201903:39

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 2019 to the new moon of October 28, 2019, a cycle of 29.38 days.