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The Moon on Thursday, October 25, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 82.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 13°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on October 25, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 25 October 2012390,885 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 25, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 82.7% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

82.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
390,885 km242,885 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (13°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 25, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 22, 201203:32
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 29, 201219:50

The Moon around October 25

More about this date

Thursday, October 25, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 15, 2012 to the new moon of November 13, 2012, a cycle of 29.42 days.