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The Moon on Saturday, October 8, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 5.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

2.5days

Moon phase on October 8, 2078Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 October 2078405,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 8, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 2.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
2.5 dMoon age
405,727 km252,107 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2078 is on Friday, October 21, 2078 at 02:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 2078 at 23:06 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 5, 207823:06
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 14, 207804:07

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Saturday, October 8, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 2078 to the new moon of November 4, 2078, a cycle of 29.74 days.