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The Moon on Sunday, October 15, 2056: First Quarter, 47% lit

Waxing · 47.4% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

First Quarter at

17:58UTC

Moon phase on October 15, 2056First Quarter

Sunday 15 October 2056376,020 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 15, 2056, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.4% of its visible face lit, 6.4 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.4%Illumination at noon UTC
6.4 dMoon age
376,020 km233,648 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2056 is on Monday, October 23, 2056 at 11:46 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 2056 at 03:00 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 9, 205603:00
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 15, 205617:58
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 23, 205611:46

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Sunday, October 15, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2056 to the new moon of November 7, 2056, a cycle of 29.39 days.