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The Moon on Friday, October 6, 2051: Waxing Crescent, 2% lit

Waxing · 2.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 00°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on October 6, 2051Waxing Crescent

Friday 6 October 2051406,393 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 6, 2051, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 2.4% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.4%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
406,393 km252,521 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (1°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2051 is on Thursday, October 19, 2051 at 19:13 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 4, 2051 at 20:47 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 4, 205120:47
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 13, 205100:12

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Friday, October 6, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 2051 to the new moon of November 3, 2051, a cycle of 29.76 days.