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The Moon on Thursday, October 8, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 0.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 25°

Moon age

0.8days

Moon phase on October 8, 2048Waxing Crescent

Thursday 8 October 2048370,905 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 8, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 0.9% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

0.9%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
370,905 km230,470 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2048 is on Wednesday, October 21, 2048 at 18:25 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 7, 2048 at 17:45 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 7, 204817:45
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 14, 204812:20

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Thursday, October 8, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 2048 to the new moon of November 6, 2048, a cycle of 29.45 days.