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The Moon on Thursday, October 14, 2010: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 16°

First Quarter at

21:28UTC

Moon phase on October 14, 2010First Quarter

Thursday 14 October 2010395,187 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 14, 2010, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.3% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
395,187 km245,558 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 7, 201018:44
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 14, 201021:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 23, 201001:37

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Thursday, October 14, 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.