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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2042: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.2% lit · ♌︎ Leo 26°

Moon age

25.1days

Moon phase on October 9, 2042Waning Crescent

Thursday 9 October 2042398,358 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 25.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.1 dMoon age
398,358 km247,528 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (26°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2042 is on Monday, September 29, 2042 at 10:34 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 6, 204202:35
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 14, 204202:03

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 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.