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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 74.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 27°

Moon age

19.5days

Moon phase on October 20, 2016Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 2016367,995 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 74.7% of its visible face lit, 19.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

74.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.5 dMoon age
367,995 km228,661 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 16, 201604:23
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 22, 201619:14

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 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.