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The Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2031: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 29.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on October 21, 2031Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 October 2031370,468 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 21, 2031, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.8% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
370,468 km230,198 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (4°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2031 is on Thursday, October 30, 2031 at 07:33 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 16, 2031 at 08:21 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Tuesday, October 21, 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.