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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on October 8, 2021Waxing Crescent

Friday 8 October 2021363,415 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
363,415 km225,816 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 6, 202111:05
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 13, 202103:25

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.