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The Moon on Thursday, October 21, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.5% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on October 21, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 21 October 2010402,152 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 21, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.5% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.5%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
402,152 km249,885 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Thursday, October 21, 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.