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The Moon on Friday, October 7, 2011: Waxing Gibbous, 82% lit

Waxing · 81.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 23°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 7, 2011Waxing Gibbous

Friday 7 October 2011398,034 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 7, 2011, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 81.7% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

81.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
398,034 km247,327 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (23°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, September 27, 2011 at 11:09 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 4, 201103:15
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 12, 201102:06

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Friday, October 7, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.