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The Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2036: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 24°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on October 21, 2036Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 21 October 2036380,164 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 21, 2036, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.2% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.2%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
380,164 km236,223 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2036 is on Tuesday, November 4, 2036 at 00:44 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 19, 2036 at 11:50 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 19, 203611:50
First Quarter (after)Monday, October 27, 203601:14

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Tuesday, October 21, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 19, 2036 to the new moon of November 18, 2036, a cycle of 29.52 days.