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The Moon on Saturday, October 7, 2056: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 22°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on October 7, 2056Waning Crescent

Saturday 7 October 2056367,226 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 7, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.9% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.9%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
367,226 km228,184 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2056 is on Saturday, September 23, 2056 at 19:34 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 2056 at 03:00 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Saturday, October 7, 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.