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The Moon on Sunday, October 5, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 87.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 01°

Moon age

11.2days

Moon phase on October 5, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 October 2014363,050 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 5, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.9% of its visible face lit, 11.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.2 dMoon age
363,050 km225,589 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Sunday, October 5, 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.