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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 2048: Waxing Crescent, 4% lit

Waxing · 4.2% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on October 9, 2048Waxing Crescent

Friday 9 October 2048368,480 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
368,480 km228,963 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (10°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2048 is on Wednesday, October 21, 2048 at 18:25 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 7, 2048 at 17:45 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.