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The Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2048: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 27°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on October 6, 2048Waning Crescent

Tuesday 6 October 2048378,713 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 6, 2048, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 2.1% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
378,713 km235,321 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2048 is on Tuesday, September 22, 2048 at 04:46 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 7, 2048 at 17:45 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Tuesday, October 6, 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.