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The Moon on Wednesday, October 28, 2071: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 27.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 07°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on October 28, 2071Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 28 October 2071400,895 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 28, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 27.2% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

27.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
400,895 km249,105 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (8°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2071 is on Saturday, November 7, 2071 at 18:47 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 23, 2071 at 04:49 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, October 23, 207104:49
First Quarter (after)Saturday, October 31, 207100:07

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Wednesday, October 28, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 23, 2071 to the new moon of November 21, 2071, a cycle of 29.59 days.