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The Moon on Thursday, October 5, 2056: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on October 5, 2056Waning Crescent

Thursday 5 October 2056378,351 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 5, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
378,351 km235,096 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (25°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2056 is on Saturday, September 23, 2056 at 19:34 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 2056 at 03:00 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 1, 205623:33
New Moon (after)Monday, October 9, 205603:00

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Thursday, October 5, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 2056 to the new moon of October 9, 2056, a cycle of 29.38 days.