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The Moon on Friday, October 27, 2028: Waxing Gibbous, 71% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on October 27, 2028Waxing Gibbous

Friday 27 October 2028403,840 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 27, 2028, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
403,840 km250,934 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2028 is on Thursday, November 2, 2028 at 09:17 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 18, 2028 at 02:57 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 25, 202804:53
Full Moon (after)Thursday, November 2, 202809:17

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Friday, October 27, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 18, 2028 to the new moon of November 16, 2028, a cycle of 29.43 days.