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The Moon on Friday, October 14, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 28°

Moon age

13.5days

Moon phase on October 14, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Friday 14 October 2016363,548 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 14, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 13.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.5 dMoon age
363,548 km225,898 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (28°)
32.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 14, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 14

More about this date

Friday, October 14, 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.