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The Moon on Thursday, October 7, 2010: New Moon, 0% lit

Waning · 0.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 10°

New Moon at

18:44UTC

Moon phase on October 7, 2010New Moon

Thursday 7 October 2010360,218 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 7, 2010, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.1 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.1 dMoon age
360,218 km223,829 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (10°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2010 is on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at 09:17 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 1, 201003:52
New Moon (this day)Thursday, October 7, 201018:44
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 14, 201021:28

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Thursday, October 7, 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.