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The Moon on Friday, October 21, 2050: Waxing Crescent, 29% lit

Waxing · 29.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 03°

Moon age

5.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 2050Waxing Crescent

Friday 21 October 2050383,941 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 21, 2050, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 29.0% of its visible face lit, 5.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

29.0%Illumination at noon UTC
5.6 dMoon age
383,941 km238,570 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (3°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2050 is on Sunday, October 30, 2050 at 03:16 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 2050 at 20:49 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Friday, October 21, 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.