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The Moon on Thursday, October 18, 2096: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.5% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

2.2days

Moon phase on October 18, 2096Waxing Crescent

Thursday 18 October 2096405,144 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 18, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 2.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
2.2 dMoon age
405,144 km251,745 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2096 is on Wednesday, October 31, 2096 at 11:16 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2096 at 06:28 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 16, 209606:28
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 24, 209611:41

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Thursday, October 18, 2096 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2096 to the new moon of November 15, 2096, a cycle of 29.76 days.