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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 2030: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 60.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°

Moon age

21.1days

Moon phase on October 18, 2030Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 October 2030402,836 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 2030, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 60.8% of its visible face lit, 21.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

60.8%Illumination at noon UTC
21.1 dMoon age
402,836 km250,310 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2030 is on Friday, October 11, 2030 at 10:47 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 26, 2030 at 20:17 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 11, 203010:47
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 19, 203014:50

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 2030 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2030 to the new moon of October 26, 2030, a cycle of 29.43 days.