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The Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 13°

Moon age

3.8days

Moon phase on October 15, 2072Waxing Crescent

Saturday 15 October 2072378,838 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 15, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 3.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
3.8 dMoon age
378,838 km235,399 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (13°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2072 is on Thursday, October 27, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 11, 2072 at 17:55 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 11, 207217:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 18, 207220:37

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Saturday, October 15, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2072 to the new moon of November 10, 2072, a cycle of 29.43 days.