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The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 2027: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 31.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 19°

Moon age

5.4days

Moon phase on October 5, 2027Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 5 October 2027394,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 31.2% of its visible face lit, 5.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

31.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.4 dMoon age
394,046 km244,849 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2027 is on Friday, October 15, 2027 at 13:47 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 30, 2027 at 02:36 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, September 30, 202702:36
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 7, 202711:48

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 2027 to the new moon of October 29, 2027, a cycle of 29.46 days.