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The Moon on Sunday, October 12, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on October 12, 2014Waning Gibbous

Sunday 12 October 2014385,808 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 12, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
385,808 km239,730 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Sunday, October 12, 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.