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The Moon on Monday, October 1, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 24°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on October 1, 2012Waning Gibbous

Monday 1 October 2012399,597 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 1, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.1% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
399,597 km248,298 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (24°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 30, 201203:19
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 8, 201207:34

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Monday, October 1, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 2012 to the new moon of October 15, 2012, a cycle of 29.41 days.