Skip to content
The Moon on Tuesday, October 6, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 82% lit

Waning · 82.0% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 6, 2020Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 6 October 2020403,135 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 6, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 82.0% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

82.0%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
403,135 km250,497 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 1, 202021:05
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 10, 202000:40

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Tuesday, October 6, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 2020 to the new moon of October 16, 2020, a cycle of 29.35 days.