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The Moon on Monday, October 10, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 63% lit

Waxing · 63.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

9.5days

Moon phase on October 10, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Monday 10 October 2016386,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 10, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 63.3% of its visible face lit, 9.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

63.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.5 dMoon age
386,971 km240,452 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 10, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 9, 201604:33
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 16, 201604:23

The Moon around October 10

More about this date

Monday, October 10, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 30, 2016, a cycle of 29.73 days.