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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2070: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 21°

First Quarter at

08:40UTC

Moon phase on October 12, 2070First Quarter

Sunday 12 October 2070401,799 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 2070, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.5% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.5%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
401,799 km249,666 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2070 is on Sunday, October 19, 2070 at 18:59 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 4, 2070 at 07:01 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 4, 207007:01
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 12, 207008:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 19, 207018:59

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 2070 to the new moon of November 2, 2070, a cycle of 29.65 days.