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The Moon on Sunday, October 28, 2018: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°

Moon age

19.3days

Moon phase on October 28, 2018Waning Gibbous

Sunday 28 October 2018372,943 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 28, 2018, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.3% of its visible face lit, 19.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.3%Illumination at noon UTC
19.3 dMoon age
372,943 km231,736 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 7, 2018 at 16:02 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Sunday, October 28, 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.