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The Moon on Sunday, October 9, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 11% lit

Waxing · 10.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 25°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on October 9, 2078Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 October 2078405,976 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 9, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 10.9% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

10.9%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
405,976 km252,262 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2078 is on Friday, October 21, 2078 at 02:55 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 2078 at 23:06 UTC, 4 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Sunday, October 9, 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.