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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 12°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on October 17, 2050Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 October 2050398,154 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.5% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.5%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
398,154 km247,401 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2050 is on Sunday, October 30, 2050 at 03:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 2050 at 20:49 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 15, 205020:49
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 23, 205012:10

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 2050 to the new moon of November 14, 2050, a cycle of 29.70 days.