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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 56% lit

Waxing · 56.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 28°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on October 15, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Friday 15 October 2010399,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 56.0% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

56.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
399,447 km248,205 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (29°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 14, 201021:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 23, 201001:37

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 2010 to the new moon of November 6, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.