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The Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 43.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

7.5days

Moon phase on October 8, 2016Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 October 2016397,492 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 8, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.3% of its visible face lit, 7.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

43.3%Illumination at noon UTC
7.5 dMoon age
397,492 km246,990 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 1, 201600:12
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 9, 201604:33

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Saturday, October 8, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 30, 2016, a cycle of 29.73 days.