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The Moon on Sunday, October 24, 2021: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 86.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

18.0days

Moon phase on October 24, 2021Waning Gibbous

Sunday 24 October 2021405,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 24, 2021, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.9% of its visible face lit, 18.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.0 dMoon age
405,593 km252,024 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (14°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 4, 2021 at 21:15 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 20, 202114:57
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 28, 202120:05

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Sunday, October 24, 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.