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The Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2023: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on October 7, 2023Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 October 2023401,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 7, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
401,371 km249,400 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 17:55 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 6, 202313:48
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 14, 202317:55

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Saturday, October 7, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 15, 2023 to the new moon of October 14, 2023, a cycle of 29.68 days.