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The Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2001: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 10°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 27, 2001Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 27 October 2001404,677 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 27, 2001, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.9% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
404,677 km251,455 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2001 is on Thursday, November 1, 2001 at 05:41 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 16, 2001 at 19:23 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 24, 200102:59
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 1, 200105:41

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Saturday, October 27, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2001 to the new moon of November 15, 2001, a cycle of 29.47 days.