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The Moon on Saturday, October 30, 2021: Waning Crescent, 34% lit

Waning · 33.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 30, 2021Waning Crescent

Saturday 30 October 2021387,033 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 30, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.6% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
387,033 km240,491 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Saturday, October 30, 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.