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The Moon on Thursday, October 15, 2020: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 2020Waning Crescent

Thursday 15 October 2020359,088 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 15, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
359,088 km223,127 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 10, 202000:40
New Moon (after)Friday, October 16, 202019:31

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Thursday, October 15, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2020 to the new moon of October 16, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.