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The Moon on Monday, October 18, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 18, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Monday 18 October 2010405,382 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 18, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.8% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.8%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,382 km251,892 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (5°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Monday, October 18, 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.