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The Moon on Sunday, October 8, 2073: First Quarter, 55% lit

Waxing · 54.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°

First Quarter at

01:56UTC

Moon phase on October 8, 2073First Quarter

Sunday 8 October 2073384,961 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 8, 2073, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 54.5% of its visible face lit, 7.1 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

54.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.1 dMoon age
384,961 km239,204 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (21°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2073 is on Monday, October 16, 2073 at 01:54 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 1, 2073 at 10:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, October 1, 207310:21
First Quarter (this day)Sunday, October 8, 207301:56
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 16, 207301:54

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Sunday, October 8, 2073 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 2073 to the new moon of October 30, 2073, a cycle of 29.37 days.