Waxing · 27.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°
Moon age
5.7days
Moon phase on October 8, 2024Waxing Crescent
On Tuesday, October 8, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 27.5% of its visible face lit, 5.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.
27.5%Illumination at noon UTC
5.7 dMoon age
395,028 km245,459 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 8, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, October 2, 2024 | 18:49 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, October 10, 2024 | 18:55 |
The Moon around October 8
More about this date
Tuesday, October 8, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2024, or the whole moon calendar 2024.
- The same date one year apart: 2023 · 2025.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.