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The Moon on Saturday, October 18, 2042: Waxing Crescent, 17% lit

Waxing · 16.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

4.4days

Moon phase on October 18, 2042Waxing Crescent

Saturday 18 October 2042400,613 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 18, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.8% of its visible face lit, 4.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.8%Illumination at noon UTC
4.4 dMoon age
400,613 km248,929 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2042 is on Tuesday, October 28, 2042 at 19:48 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Saturday, October 18, 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.