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The Moon on Friday, October 3, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

9.2days

Moon phase on October 3, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Friday 3 October 2014367,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 3, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 9.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
9.2 dMoon age
367,808 km228,545 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 3, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 1, 201419:33
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 8, 201410:51

The Moon around October 3

More about this date

Friday, October 3, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 2014 to the new moon of October 23, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.