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The Moon on Saturday, October 31, 2015: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 79.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 01°

Moon age

18.5days

Moon phase on October 31, 2015Waning Gibbous

Saturday 31 October 2015377,755 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 31, 2015, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 79.4% of its visible face lit, 18.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

79.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.5 dMoon age
377,755 km234,726 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (2°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 11, 2015 at 17:47 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Saturday, October 31, 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.