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The Moon on Wednesday, October 30, 2024: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 30, 2024Waning Crescent

Wednesday 30 October 2024406,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.7% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.7%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
406,035 km252,298 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:47 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Wednesday, October 30, 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.