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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 2015: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 07°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on October 9, 2015Waning Crescent

Friday 9 October 2015404,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.6% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
404,783 km251,520 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 4, 201521:06
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 13, 201500:06

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.