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The Moon on Monday, October 1, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 60% lit

Waning · 60.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 26°

Moon age

21.7days

Moon phase on October 1, 2018Waning Gibbous

Monday 1 October 2018374,024 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 1, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 60.3% of its visible face lit, 21.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.3%Illumination at noon UTC
21.7 dMoon age
374,024 km232,408 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (27°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 1, 2018 is on Tuesday, September 25, 2018 at 02:53 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, September 25, 201802:53
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 2, 201809:46

The Moon around October 1

More about this date

Monday, October 1, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 2018 to the new moon of October 9, 2018, a cycle of 29.41 days.