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The Moon on Friday, October 26, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 89.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 26, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Friday 26 October 2012394,460 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 26, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 89.6% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

89.6%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
394,460 km245,106 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (26°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 26, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 26

More about this date

Friday, October 26, 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.