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The Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 2028: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 23°

Moon age

6.4days

Moon phase on October 24, 2028Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 24 October 2028392,849 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 24, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 43.2% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
392,849 km244,105 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (24°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2028 is on Thursday, November 2, 2028 at 09:17 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 18, 2028 at 02:57 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Tuesday, October 24, 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.