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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2078: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on October 12, 2078Waxing Crescent

Wednesday 12 October 2078400,774 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
400,774 km249,029 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (1°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2078 is on Friday, October 21, 2078 at 02:55 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 2078 at 23:06 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 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.