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The Moon on Monday, October 6, 2014: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on October 6, 2014Waxing Gibbous

Monday 6 October 2014362,474 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 6, 2014, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
362,474 km225,231 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Monday, October 6, 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.