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The Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 94% lit

Waning · 94.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

16.5days

Moon phase on October 29, 2015Waning Gibbous

Thursday 29 October 2015366,238 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 29, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 16.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.5 dMoon age
366,238 km227,569 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 17:47 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 27, 201512:05
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, November 3, 201512:24

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Thursday, October 29, 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.