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The Moon on Wednesday, October 24, 2040: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 81.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 22°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on October 24, 2040Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 24 October 2040397,139 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 24, 2040, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 81.3% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

81.3%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
397,139 km246,771 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (23°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 2040 is on Saturday, October 20, 2040 at 04:50 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 4, 2040 at 18:56 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Wednesday, October 24, 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.