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The Moon on Sunday, October 10, 2021: Waxing Crescent, 21% lit

Waxing · 21.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 12°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on October 10, 2021Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 October 2021365,395 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 10, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 21.5% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

21.5%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
365,395 km227,046 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (12°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Sunday, October 10, 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.