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The Moon on Saturday, October 24, 2015: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.1% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on October 24, 2015Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 24 October 2015362,096 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 24, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
362,096 km224,996 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Saturday, October 24, 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.