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The Moon on Thursday, October 31, 2024: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 27°

Moon age

28.7days

Moon phase on October 31, 2024Waning Crescent

Thursday 31 October 2024405,268 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 31, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.0% of its visible face lit, 28.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.7 dMoon age
405,268 km251,822 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:47 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Thursday, October 31, 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.