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The Moon on Sunday, October 21, 2007: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 21, 2007Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 21 October 2007376,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 21, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
376,927 km234,211 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (24°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2007 is on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 04:52 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 05:01 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 19, 200708:33
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 26, 200704:52

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Sunday, October 21, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2007 to the new moon of November 9, 2007, a cycle of 29.75 days.