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The Moon on Tuesday, October 31, 2017: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on October 31, 2017Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 31 October 2017382,219 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 31, 2017, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.0% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
382,219 km237,500 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 31, 2017 is on Saturday, November 4, 2017 at 05:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 31

More about this date

Tuesday, October 31, 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.