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The Moon on Sunday, October 27, 2024: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 10°

Moon age

24.7days

Moon phase on October 27, 2024Waning Crescent

Sunday 27 October 2024403,472 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 27, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 24.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
24.7 dMoon age
403,472 km250,706 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:47 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 24, 202408:03
New Moon (after)Friday, November 1, 202412:47

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Sunday, October 27, 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.