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The Moon on Monday, October 15, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 74% lit

Waxing · 73.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

9.3days

Moon phase on October 15, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Monday 15 October 2040368,971 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 15, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.7% of its visible face lit, 9.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.7%Illumination at noon UTC
9.3 dMoon age
368,971 km229,268 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2040 is on Saturday, October 20, 2040 at 04:50 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 2040 at 05:26 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 13, 204008:41
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 20, 204004:50

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Monday, October 15, 2040 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2040 to the new moon of November 4, 2040, a cycle of 29.56 days.