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The Moon on Thursday, October 13, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 05°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on October 13, 2011Waning Gibbous

Thursday 13 October 2011406,081 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 13, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
406,081 km252,327 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (5°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 13, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 12, 201102:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 20, 201103:31

The Moon around October 13

More about this date

Thursday, October 13, 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.