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The Moon on Saturday, October 9, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 27°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on October 9, 2021Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 October 2021363,783 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 9, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
363,783 km226,045 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Saturday, October 9, 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.