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The Moon on Monday, October 30, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 30, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Monday 30 October 2017388,082 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 30, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
388,082 km241,143 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2017 is on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 05:23 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 27, 201722:22
Full Moon (after)Saturday, November 4, 201705:23

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Monday, October 30, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 19, 2017 to the new moon of November 18, 2017, a cycle of 29.69 days.