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The Moon on Monday, October 8, 2040: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

2.3days

Moon phase on October 8, 2040Waxing Crescent

Monday 8 October 2040380,856 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 8, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.3 dMoon age
380,856 km236,653 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (14°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2040 is on Saturday, October 20, 2040 at 04:50 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 2040 at 05:26 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 6, 204005:26
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 13, 204008:41

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Monday, October 8, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2040 to the new moon of November 4, 2040, a cycle of 29.56 days.