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The Moon on Friday, October 20, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 32% lit

Waxing · 32.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 05°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on October 20, 2023Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 October 2023377,779 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 20, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 32.2% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

32.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
377,779 km234,741 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2023 is on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 20:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 17:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Friday, October 20, 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.