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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 2027: Waxing Gibbous, 60% lit

Waxing · 59.7% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 8, 2027Waxing Gibbous

Friday 8 October 2027403,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 2027, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 59.7% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

59.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
403,694 km250,844 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 2027 is on Friday, October 15, 2027 at 13:47 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, September 30, 2027 at 02:36 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 7, 202711:48
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 15, 202713:47

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 2027 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 2027 to the new moon of October 29, 2027, a cycle of 29.46 days.