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The Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2096: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 22.8% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 25°

Moon age

5.2days

Moon phase on October 21, 2096Waxing Crescent

Sunday 21 October 2096404,546 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 21, 2096, the Moon will be a Waxing Crescent: 22.8% of its visible face lit, 5.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

22.8%Illumination at noon UTC
5.2 dMoon age
404,546 km251,373 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (26°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2096 is on Wednesday, October 31, 2096 at 11:16 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2096 at 06:28 UTC, 5 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Sunday, October 21, 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.