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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 2040: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 04°

Moon age

28.9days

Moon phase on October 5, 2040Waning Crescent

Friday 5 October 2040391,504 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 28.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.9 dMoon age
391,504 km243,269 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2040 is on Saturday, October 20, 2040 at 04:50 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 2040 at 05:26 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 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.