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The Moon on Friday, October 9, 2020: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 10°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on October 9, 2020Waning Gibbous

Friday 9 October 2020391,579 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 9, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 55.5% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
391,579 km243,316 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2020 is on Thursday, October 1, 2020 at 21:05 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 7 days later.

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

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Friday, October 9, 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.