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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2081: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.5% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

First Quarter at

15:58UTC

Moon phase on October 9, 2081First Quarter

Thursday 9 October 2081392,535 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 2081, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 48.5% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

48.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
392,535 km243,910 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (15°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2081 is on Friday, October 17, 2081 at 20:50 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 2, 2081 at 17:23 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 2, 208117:23
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 9, 208115:58
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 17, 208120:50

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2081 to the new moon of November 1, 2081, a cycle of 29.40 days.