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The Moon on Monday, October 5, 2048: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on October 5, 2048Waning Crescent

Monday 5 October 2048383,586 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 5, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
383,586 km238,349 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2048 is on Tuesday, September 22, 2048 at 04:46 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 7, 2048 at 17:45 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 30, 204802:45
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 7, 204817:45

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Monday, October 5, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 8, 2048 to the new moon of October 7, 2048, a cycle of 29.47 days.