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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 02°

Moon age

8.3days

Moon phase on October 17, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 October 2018404,155 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.2% of its visible face lit, 8.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.3 dMoon age
404,155 km251,130 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 16, 201818:02
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 24, 201816:45

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2018 to the new moon of November 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.51 days.