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The Moon on Thursday, October 29, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 96% lit

Waxing · 95.9% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on October 29, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 29 October 2020405,819 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 29, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
405,819 km252,164 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Thursday, October 29, 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.