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The Moon on Friday, October 29, 2010: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on October 29, 2010Waning Gibbous

Friday 29 October 2010376,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 29, 2010, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.5% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.5%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
376,510 km233,952 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 6, 2010 at 04:52 UTC, 8 days later.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Friday, October 29, 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.