Waning · 34.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 01°
Moon age
23.2days
Moon phase on October 6, 2015Waning Crescent
On Tuesday, October 6, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
395,786 km245,930 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (2°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 6, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 7 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Last Quarter (before) | Sunday, October 4, 2015 | 21:06 |
| New Moon (after) | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | 00:06 |
The Moon around October 6
More about this date
Tuesday, October 6, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2015, or the whole moon calendar 2015.
- The same date one year apart: 2014 · 2016.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.