Waxing · 5.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°
Moon age
2.5days
Moon phase on October 15, 2015Waxing Crescent
On Thursday, October 15, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.7% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.
5.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
401,424 km249,433 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (19°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 15, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 13, 2015 | 00:06 |
| First Quarter (after) | Tuesday, October 20, 2015 | 20:31 |
The Moon around October 15
More about this date
Thursday, October 15, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 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.