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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2024: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

6.7days

Moon phase on October 9, 2024Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 9 October 2024390,424 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 36.9% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
390,424 km242,598 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 2, 202418:49
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 10, 202418:55

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2024 to the new moon of November 1, 2024, a cycle of 29.75 days.