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The Moon on Wednesday, October 11, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 61.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 04°

Moon age

21.3days

Moon phase on October 11, 2017Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 11 October 2017369,039 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 11, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.7% of its visible face lit, 21.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.7%Illumination at noon UTC
21.3 dMoon age
369,039 km229,310 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (5°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 11, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 5, 201718:40
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 12, 201712:26

The Moon around October 11

More about this date

Wednesday, October 11, 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.