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The Moon on Tuesday, October 26, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 12°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 26, 2010Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 26 October 2010387,174 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 26, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.3% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
387,174 km240,579 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 04:52 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 23, 201001:37
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 30, 201012:46

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Tuesday, October 26, 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.