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The Moon on Wednesday, October 21, 2043: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.1% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 09°

Moon age

18.4days

Moon phase on October 21, 2043Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 21 October 2043362,089 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 21, 2043, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.1% of its visible face lit, 18.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.1%Illumination at noon UTC
18.4 dMoon age
362,089 km224,992 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
33.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2043 is on Sunday, October 18, 2043 at 11:56 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, November 1, 2043 at 19:57 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 18, 204311:56
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, October 25, 204302:27

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Wednesday, October 21, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 3, 2043 to the new moon of November 1, 2043, a cycle of 29.70 days.