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The Moon on Wednesday, October 3, 2046: Waxing Crescent, 16% lit

Waxing · 16.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 28°

Moon age

3.4days

Moon phase on October 3, 2046Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 3 October 2046367,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 3, 2046, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 16.5% of its visible face lit, 3.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

16.5%Illumination at noon UTC
3.4 dMoon age
367,648 km228,446 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2046 is on Sunday, October 14, 2046 at 23:41 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 30, 2046 at 02:25 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 30, 204602:25
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 6, 204620:41

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Wednesday, October 3, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 2046 to the new moon of October 29, 2046, a cycle of 29.37 days.