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The Moon on Tuesday, October 3, 2079: First Quarter, 54% lit

Waxing · 53.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

First Quarter at

02:35UTC

Moon phase on October 3, 2079First Quarter

Tuesday 3 October 2079403,234 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 3, 2079, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 53.9% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

53.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
403,234 km250,558 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2079 is on Tuesday, October 10, 2079 at 17:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 25, 2079 at 04:06 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, September 25, 207904:06
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 3, 207902:35
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 10, 207917:23

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Tuesday, October 3, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 2079 to the new moon of October 24, 2079, a cycle of 29.59 days.