Waning · 78.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 23°
Moon age
18.7days
Moon phase on October 21, 2024Waning Gibbous
On Monday, October 21, 2024, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.5% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
78.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
373,863 km232,308 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (24°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 2024 is on Thursday, October 17, 2024 at 11:26 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 1, 2024 at 12:47 UTC, 11 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Thursday, October 17, 2024 | 11:26 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Thursday, October 24, 2024 | 08:03 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Monday, October 21, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2024, or the whole moon calendar 2024.
- The same date one year apart: 2023 · 2025.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.