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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2040: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on October 17, 2040Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 17 October 2040370,593 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 2040, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 90.8% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
370,593 km230,276 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (20°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2040 is on Saturday, October 20, 2040 at 04:50 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 2040 at 05:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 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.