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The Moon on Friday, October 23, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 78% lit

Waxing · 78.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on October 23, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Friday 23 October 2015366,065 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 23, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 78.2% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

78.2%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
366,065 km227,462 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 20, 201520:31
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 27, 201512:05

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Friday, October 23, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 days.