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The Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2050: First Quarter, 50% lit

Waxing · 50.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

First Quarter at

12:10UTC

Moon phase on October 23, 2050First Quarter

Sunday 23 October 2050375,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 23, 2050, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 50.0% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

50.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
375,248 km233,168 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (0°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2050 is on Sunday, October 30, 2050 at 03:16 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 2050 at 20:49 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 15, 205020:49
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 23, 205012:10
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 30, 205003:16

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Sunday, October 23, 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.