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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 90% lit

Waxing · 90.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 October 2021389,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
389,731 km242,168 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (18°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.