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The Moon on Monday, October 6, 2042: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Last Quarter at

02:35UTC

Moon phase on October 6, 2042Last Quarter

Monday 6 October 2042384,750 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 6, 2042, the Moon will be a Last Quarter: 46.0% of its visible face lit, 22.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happens at .

46.0%Illumination at noon UTC
22.1 dMoon age
384,750 km239,073 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2042 is on Monday, September 29, 2042 at 10:34 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 29, 204210:34
Last Quarter (this day)Monday, October 6, 204202:35
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 14, 204202:03

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Monday, October 6, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 14, 2042 to the new moon of October 14, 2042, a cycle of 29.72 days.