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The Moon on Thursday, October 10, 2024: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

First Quarter at

18:55UTC

Moon phase on October 10, 2024First Quarter

Thursday 10 October 2024385,150 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 10, 2024, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.1% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

47.1%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
385,150 km239,321 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 2, 202418:49
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 10, 202418:55
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 17, 202411:26

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Thursday, October 10, 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.