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The Moon on Sunday, October 2, 2078: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.6% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 00°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on October 2, 2078Waning Crescent

Sunday 2 October 2078391,756 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 2, 2078, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 11.6% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
391,756 km243,426 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (0°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 2078 is on Wednesday, September 21, 2078 at 17:31 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 2078 at 23:06 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 28, 207809:00
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 5, 207823:06

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Sunday, October 2, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 6, 2078 to the new moon of October 5, 2078, a cycle of 29.63 days.