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The Moon on Sunday, October 31, 2021: Waning Crescent, 24% lit

Waning · 24.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

25.0days

Moon phase on October 31, 2021Waning Crescent

Sunday 31 October 2021380,914 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 31, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.0% of its visible face lit, 25.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.0 dMoon age
380,914 km236,689 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Sunday, October 31, 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.