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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2055: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.8% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 12°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 17, 2055Waning Crescent

Sunday 17 October 2055362,903 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
362,903 km225,497 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (12°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2055 is on Tuesday, October 5, 2055 at 18:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 20, 2055 at 10:49 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 13, 205518:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 20, 205510:49

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 2055 to the new moon of October 20, 2055, a cycle of 29.35 days.