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The Moon on Tuesday, October 23, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on October 23, 2040Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 23 October 2040392,981 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 23, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
392,981 km244,187 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2040 is on Saturday, October 20, 2040 at 04:50 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 4, 2040 at 18:56 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, October 20, 204004:50
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 28, 204000:27

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Tuesday, October 23, 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.