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The Moon on Thursday, October 23, 2042: Waxing Gibbous, 65% lit

Waxing · 64.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

9.4days

Moon phase on October 23, 2042Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 23 October 2042376,221 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 23, 2042, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 64.8% of its visible face lit, 9.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

64.8%Illumination at noon UTC
9.4 dMoon age
376,221 km233,773 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
31.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2042 is on Tuesday, October 28, 2042 at 19:48 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 14, 2042 at 02:03 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 22, 204202:53
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 28, 204219:48

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Thursday, October 23, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2042 to the new moon of November 12, 2042, a cycle of 29.77 days.