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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 14% lit

Waxing · 14.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 08°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on October 18, 2023Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 18 October 2023384,645 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 14.2% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

14.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
384,645 km239,007 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (9°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2023 is on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 20:24 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 17:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 14, 202317:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 22, 202303:29

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2023 to the new moon of November 13, 2023, a cycle of 29.65 days.