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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2056: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.8% lit · ♎︎ Libra 07°

Moon age

28.8days

Moon phase on October 8, 2056Waning Crescent

Sunday 8 October 2056363,170 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 2056, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 0.8% of its visible face lit, 28.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.8 dMoon age
363,170 km225,664 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (7°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2056 is on Saturday, September 23, 2056 at 19:34 UTC, 15 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 2056 at 03:00 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 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.