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The Moon on Monday, October 5, 2043: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 5.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 08°

Moon age

2.4days

Moon phase on October 5, 2043Waxing Crescent

Monday 5 October 2043402,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 5, 2043, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.4% of its visible face lit, 2.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.4%Illumination at noon UTC
2.4 dMoon age
402,597 km250,162 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2043 is on Sunday, October 18, 2043 at 11:56 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 3, 2043 at 03:12 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 3, 204303:12
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 11, 204307:05

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Monday, October 5, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 3, 2043 to the new moon of November 1, 2043, a cycle of 29.70 days.