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The Moon on Tuesday, October 1, 2024: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 24°

Moon age

28.4days

Moon phase on October 1, 2024Waning Crescent

Tuesday 1 October 2024405,933 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 1, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.5% of its visible face lit, 28.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.5%Illumination at noon UTC
28.4 dMoon age
405,933 km252,235 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2024 is on Wednesday, September 18, 2024 at 02:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, September 24, 202418:50
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 2, 202418:49

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Tuesday, October 1, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 3, 2024 to the new moon of October 2, 2024, a cycle of 29.70 days.