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The Moon on Tuesday, October 27, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 85% lit

Waxing · 85.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 27, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 27 October 2020402,454 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 27, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 85.3% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

85.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
402,454 km250,073 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 23, 202013:23
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 31, 202014:49

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Tuesday, October 27, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 16, 2020 to the new moon of November 15, 2020, a cycle of 29.40 days.