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The Moon on Saturday, October 11, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 05°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on October 11, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 11 October 2008384,005 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 11, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
384,005 km238,610 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Saturday, October 11, 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.