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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on October 23, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 23 October 2018388,648 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.2% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
388,648 km241,494 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.