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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 94.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

12.7days

Moon phase on October 15, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 15 October 2024359,426 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.2% of its visible face lit, 12.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.2%Illumination at noon UTC
12.7 dMoon age
359,426 km223,337 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 2, 2024 at 18:49 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 10, 202418:55
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 17, 202411:26

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2024 to the new moon of November 1, 2024, a cycle of 29.75 days.