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The Moon on Friday, October 29, 2021: Waning Crescent, 44% lit

Waning · 43.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 13°

Moon age

23.0days

Moon phase on October 29, 2021Waning Crescent

Friday 29 October 2021392,652 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 29, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 23.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
23.0 dMoon age
392,652 km243,982 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (14°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 28, 202120:05
New Moon (after)Thursday, November 4, 202121:15

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Friday, October 29, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.