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The Moon on Saturday, October 27, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 91% lit

Waning · 90.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on October 27, 2018Waning Gibbous

Saturday 27 October 2018374,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 27, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 90.7% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.7%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
374,971 km232,996 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (9°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 16:02 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 24, 201816:45
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 31, 201816:40

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Saturday, October 27, 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.