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The Moon on Saturday, October 4, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 79% lit

Waxing · 79.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

10.2days

Moon phase on October 4, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 4 October 2014364,923 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 4, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.2% of its visible face lit, 10.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.2 dMoon age
364,923 km226,753 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 4, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 10 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 4

More about this date

Saturday, October 4, 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.