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The Moon on Friday, October 2, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

19.2days

Moon phase on October 2, 2015Waning Gibbous

Friday 2 October 2015373,177 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 2, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.7% of its visible face lit, 19.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.2 dMoon age
373,177 km231,881 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 2015 is on Monday, September 28, 2015 at 02:51 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Friday, October 2, 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.