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The Moon on Friday, October 4, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

1.7days

Moon phase on October 4, 2024Waxing Crescent

Friday 4 October 2024405,570 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 4, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.6% of its visible face lit, 1.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.7 dMoon age
405,570 km252,009 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (0°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 2, 202418:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 10, 202418:55

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Friday, October 4, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2024 to the new moon of November 1, 2024, a cycle of 29.75 days.