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The Moon on Friday, October 1, 2021: Waning Crescent, 27% lit

Waning · 27.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 05°

Moon age

24.5days

Moon phase on October 1, 2021Waning Crescent

Friday 1 October 2021391,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 1, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.3% of its visible face lit, 24.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.3%Illumination at noon UTC
24.5 dMoon age
391,975 km243,562 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2021 is on Monday, September 20, 2021 at 23:55 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 29, 202101:57
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 6, 202111:05

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Friday, October 1, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 7, 2021 to the new moon of October 6, 2021, a cycle of 29.43 days.