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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2045: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

First Quarter at

18:55UTC

Moon phase on October 17, 2045First Quarter

Tuesday 17 October 2045400,233 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 2045, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
400,233 km248,693 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2045 is on Wednesday, October 25, 2045 at 21:31 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 10, 2045 at 10:37 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 10, 204510:37
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 17, 204518:55
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 25, 204521:31

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 2045 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 2045 to the new moon of November 8, 2045, a cycle of 29.47 days.