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The Moon on Sunday, October 17, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 84% lit

Waning · 84.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 2038Waning Gibbous

Sunday 17 October 2038404,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 17, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 84.2% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

84.2%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
404,252 km251,190 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2038 is on Wednesday, October 13, 2038 at 04:22 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 28, 2038 at 03:53 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 13, 203804:22
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 21, 203808:23

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Sunday, October 17, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 2038 to the new moon of October 28, 2038, a cycle of 29.37 days.