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The Moon on Thursday, October 3, 2030: Waxing Crescent, 43% lit

Waxing · 42.6% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 01°

Moon age

6.1days

Moon phase on October 3, 2030Waxing Crescent

Thursday 3 October 2030369,936 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 3, 2030, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 6.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
6.1 dMoon age
369,936 km229,867 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (2°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2030 is on Friday, October 11, 2030 at 10:47 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, September 27, 2030 at 09:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, September 27, 203009:55
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 4, 203003:56

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Thursday, October 3, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2030 to the new moon of October 26, 2030, a cycle of 29.43 days.