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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2023: Waning Crescent, 32% lit

Waning · 32.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 06°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on October 8, 2023Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 October 2023403,876 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 32.0% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

32.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
403,876 km250,957 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2023 is on Friday, September 29, 2023 at 09:58 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 17:55 UTC, 6 days later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 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.