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The Moon on Saturday, October 10, 2015: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on October 10, 2015Waning Crescent

Saturday 10 October 2015405,973 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 10, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
405,973 km252,260 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Saturday, October 10, 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.