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The Moon on Wednesday, October 27, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on October 27, 2010Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 27 October 2010383,672 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 27, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
383,672 km238,402 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (26°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 04:52 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Wednesday, October 27, 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.