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The Moon on Thursday, October 9, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

Moon age

15.2days

Moon phase on October 9, 2014Waning Gibbous

Thursday 9 October 2014369,604 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 9, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 15.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
15.2 dMoon age
369,604 km229,661 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (0°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 8, 201410:51
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 15, 201419:12

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Thursday, October 9, 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.