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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 2010: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

0.7days

Moon phase on October 8, 2010Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 October 2010362,739 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.7 dMoon age
362,739 km225,395 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (25°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 7, 201018:44
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 14, 201021:28

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 2010 to the new moon of November 6, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.