Waning · 71.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 09°
Moon age
20.7days
Moon phase on October 28, 2010Waning Gibbous
On Thursday, October 28, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
380,097 km236,182 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 28, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 04:52 UTC, 9 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Saturday, October 23, 2010 | 01:37 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, October 30, 2010 | 12:46 |
The Moon around October 28
More about this date
Thursday, October 28, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.