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The Moon on Wednesday, October 10, 2018: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 04°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on October 10, 2018Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 10 October 2018378,049 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 10, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
378,049 km234,908 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (4°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 9, 201803:47
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 16, 201818:02

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Wednesday, October 10, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2018 to the new moon of November 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.51 days.