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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2019: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

3.3days

Moon phase on October 31, 2019Waxing Crescent

Thursday 31 October 2019379,511 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 3.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.3 dMoon age
379,511 km235,817 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2019 is on Tuesday, November 12, 2019 at 13:35 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 28, 201903:39
First Quarter (after)Monday, November 4, 201910:23

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 28, 2019 to the new moon of November 26, 2019, a cycle of 29.48 days.