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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2042: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.3% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

28.1days

Moon phase on October 12, 2042Waning Crescent

Sunday 12 October 2042405,320 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.3% of its visible face lit, 28.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.3%Illumination at noon UTC
28.1 dMoon age
405,320 km251,854 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2042 is on Monday, September 29, 2042 at 10:34 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 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.