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The Moon on Friday, October 17, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.6% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

1.2days

Moon phase on October 17, 2031Waxing Crescent

Friday 17 October 2031378,391 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 17, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.6% of its visible face lit, 1.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.2 dMoon age
378,391 km235,121 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2031 is on Thursday, October 30, 2031 at 07:33 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 16, 2031 at 08:21 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 16, 203108:21
First Quarter (after)Thursday, October 23, 203107:36

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Friday, October 17, 2031 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2031 to the new moon of November 14, 2031, a cycle of 29.53 days.