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The Moon on Thursday, October 1, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 83.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 25°

Moon age

18.2days

Moon phase on October 1, 2015Waning Gibbous

Thursday 1 October 2015367,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 1, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 18.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.2 dMoon age
367,371 km228,274 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (25°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, September 28, 201502:51
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 4, 201521:06

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Thursday, October 1, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 13, 2015 to the new moon of October 13, 2015, a cycle of 29.73 days.