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The Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 21°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on October 18, 2031Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 October 2031375,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 18, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.5% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
375,397 km233,261 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (22°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2031 is on Thursday, October 30, 2031 at 07:33 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 16, 2031 at 08:21 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Saturday, October 18, 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.