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The Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2012: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 20°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 28, 2012Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 28 October 2012400,324 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 28, 2012, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
400,324 km248,749 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2012 is on Monday, October 29, 2012 at 19:50 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Sunday, October 28, 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.