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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2008: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 93.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on October 12, 2008Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 12 October 2008378,477 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 2008, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.1% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.1%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
378,477 km235,175 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 29, 2008 at 08:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 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.