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The Moon on Saturday, October 6, 2046: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

First Quarter at

20:41UTC

Moon phase on October 6, 2046First Quarter

Saturday 6 October 2046385,651 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 6, 2046, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
385,651 km239,632 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2046 is on Sunday, October 14, 2046 at 23:41 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 30, 2046 at 02:25 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, September 30, 204602:25
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 6, 204620:41
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 14, 204623:41

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Saturday, October 6, 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.