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The Moon on Wednesday, October 15, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 1.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 07°

Moon age

1.4days

Moon phase on October 15, 2042Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 15 October 2042406,126 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 15, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 1.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.4 dMoon age
406,126 km252,355 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (8°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2042 is on Tuesday, October 28, 2042 at 19:48 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 14, 204202:03
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 22, 204202:53

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Wednesday, October 15, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2042 to the new moon of November 12, 2042, a cycle of 29.77 days.