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The Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2071: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 3.6% lit · ♎︎ Libra 06°

Moon age

27.8days

Moon phase on October 21, 2071Waning Crescent

Wednesday 21 October 2071373,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 21, 2071, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 3.6% of its visible face lit, 27.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.6%Illumination at noon UTC
27.8 dMoon age
373,382 km232,009 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (6°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2071 is on Friday, October 9, 2071 at 05:24 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 23, 2071 at 04:49 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, October 16, 207107:30
New Moon (after)Friday, October 23, 207104:49

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Wednesday, October 21, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 2071 to the new moon of October 23, 2071, a cycle of 29.48 days.