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The Moon on Monday, October 3, 2011: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 02°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 3, 2011Waxing Crescent

Monday 3 October 2011378,777 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 3, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
378,777 km235,361 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, September 27, 201111:09
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 4, 201103:15

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Monday, October 3, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.