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The Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2040: Waning Crescent, 8% lit

Waning · 7.7% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

26.9days

Moon phase on October 3, 2040Waning Crescent

Wednesday 3 October 2040398,610 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 3, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.7% of its visible face lit, 26.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.7%Illumination at noon UTC
26.9 dMoon age
398,610 km247,684 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2040 is on Thursday, September 20, 2040 at 17:43 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 2040 at 05:26 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, September 28, 204004:41
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 6, 204005:26

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Wednesday, October 3, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 6, 2040 to the new moon of October 6, 2040, a cycle of 29.59 days.