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The Moon on Friday, October 6, 2028: Waning Gibbous, 93% lit

Waning · 92.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on October 6, 2028Waning Gibbous

Friday 6 October 2028399,507 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 6, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 92.7% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

92.7%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
399,507 km248,242 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (15°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2028 is on Tuesday, October 3, 2028 at 16:25 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 18, 2028 at 02:57 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 3, 202816:25
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 11, 202811:57

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Friday, October 6, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 18, 2028 to the new moon of October 18, 2028, a cycle of 29.36 days.