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The Moon on Sunday, October 4, 2015: Last Quarter, 54% lit

Waning · 54.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Last Quarter at

21:06UTC

Moon phase on October 4, 2015Last Quarter

Sunday 4 October 2015385,384 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 4, 2015, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 54.1% of its visible face lit, 21.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

54.1%Illumination at noon UTC
21.2 dMoon age
385,384 km239,466 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 28, 201502:51
Last Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 4, 201521:06
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 13, 201500:06

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Sunday, October 4, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 2015 to the new moon of October 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.73 days.