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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 2072: Waxing Crescent, 37% lit

Waxing · 36.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on October 17, 2072Waxing Crescent

Monday 17 October 2072390,670 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 36.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

36.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
390,670 km242,751 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2072 is on Thursday, October 27, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 11, 2072 at 17:55 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 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.