Waning · 99.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 22°
Moon age
16.3days
Moon phase on October 6, 2017Waning Gibbous
On Friday, October 6, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.2% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
99.2%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
370,951 km230,499 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (23°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 6, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, October 5, 2017 | 18:40 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, October 12, 2017 | 12:26 |
The Moon around October 6
More about this date
Friday, October 6, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 2017 to the new moon of October 19, 2017, a cycle of 29.57 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2017, or the whole moon calendar 2017.
- The same date one year apart: 2016 · 2018.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.