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The Moon on Friday, October 30, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on October 30, 2015Waning Gibbous

Friday 30 October 2015371,661 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 30, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
371,661 km230,940 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 17:47 UTC, 12 days later.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Friday, October 30, 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.