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The Moon on Thursday, October 24, 2024: Last Quarter, 48% lit

Waning · 48.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 03°

Last Quarter at

08:03UTC

Moon phase on October 24, 2024Last Quarter

Thursday 24 October 2024391,958 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 24, 2024, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
391,958 km243,551 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:47 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 17, 202411:26
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 24, 202408:03
New Moon (after)Friday, November 1, 202412:47

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Thursday, October 24, 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.