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The Moon on Monday, October 17, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

20.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 2011Waning Gibbous

Monday 17 October 2011397,277 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 17, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.7% of its visible face lit, 20.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.7%Illumination at noon UTC
20.0 dMoon age
397,277 km246,856 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Monday, October 17, 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.