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The Moon on Sunday, October 3, 2010: Waning Crescent, 25% lit

Waning · 24.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 10°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on October 3, 2010Waning Crescent

Sunday 3 October 2010366,710 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 3, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 24.9% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

24.9%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
366,710 km227,863 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (10°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2010 is on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 09:17 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 1, 201003:52
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 7, 201018:44

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Sunday, October 3, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 2010 to the new moon of October 7, 2010, a cycle of 29.34 days.