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The Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2072: Waning Crescent, 7% lit

Waning · 7.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on October 9, 2072Waning Crescent

Sunday 9 October 2072360,594 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 9, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 7.4% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

7.4%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
360,594 km224,062 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2072 is on Tuesday, September 27, 2072 at 08:43 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 11, 2072 at 17:55 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 5, 207202:28
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 11, 207217:55

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Sunday, October 9, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 12, 2072 to the new moon of October 11, 2072, a cycle of 29.37 days.