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The Moon on Friday, October 20, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.0% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 00°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on October 20, 2028Waxing Crescent

Friday 20 October 2028369,260 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 20, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 8.0% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.0%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
369,260 km229,447 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2028 is on Thursday, November 2, 2028 at 09:17 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 18, 2028 at 02:57 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 18, 202802:57
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 25, 202804:53

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Friday, October 20, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 2028 to the new moon of November 16, 2028, a cycle of 29.43 days.