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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2031: Waning Crescent, 40% lit

Waning · 40.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

Moon age

22.7days

Moon phase on October 9, 2031Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 October 2031404,317 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 2031, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 40.3% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

40.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
404,317 km251,231 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2031 is on Tuesday, September 30, 2031 at 18:58 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 16, 2031 at 08:21 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 8, 203110:50
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 16, 203108:21

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 2031 to the new moon of October 16, 2031, a cycle of 29.57 days.