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The Moon on Friday, October 30, 2020: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 25°

Moon age

13.7days

Moon phase on October 30, 2020Waxing Gibbous

Friday 30 October 2020406,355 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 30, 2020, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.8% of its visible face lit, 13.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.8%Illumination at noon UTC
13.7 dMoon age
406,355 km252,497 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (25°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 30, 2020 is on Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 14:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 16, 2020 at 19:31 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 30

More about this date

Friday, October 30, 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.