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The Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2038: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 48.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 29°

Last Quarter at

08:23UTC

Moon phase on October 21, 2038Last Quarter

Thursday 21 October 2038388,744 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 21, 2038, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 48.6% of its visible face lit, 22.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

48.6%Illumination at noon UTC
22.7 dMoon age
388,744 km241,554 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (30°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2038 is on Wednesday, October 13, 2038 at 04:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 28, 2038 at 03:53 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 13, 203804:22
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 21, 203808:23
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 28, 203803:53

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Thursday, October 21, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 2038 to the new moon of October 28, 2038, a cycle of 29.37 days.