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The Moon on Tuesday, October 29, 2024: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 8.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 29, 2024Waning Crescent

Tuesday 29 October 2024406,068 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 29, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.1% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
406,068 km252,319 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:47 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Tuesday, October 29, 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.