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The Moon on Friday, October 10, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 78.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 22°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on October 10, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Friday 10 October 2008389,506 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 10, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.9% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
389,506 km242,028 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 7, 200809:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 14, 200820:03

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Friday, October 10, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 29, 2008 to the new moon of October 28, 2008, a cycle of 29.63 days.