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The Moon on Saturday, October 17, 2020: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 2020Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 October 2020357,163 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 17, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
357,163 km221,931 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 16, 202019:31
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 23, 202013:23

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Saturday, October 17, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2020 to the new moon of November 15, 2020, a cycle of 29.40 days.