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The Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 2044: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 24°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on October 5, 2044Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 5 October 2044387,035 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 5, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
387,035 km240,492 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (24°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2044 is on Friday, October 7, 2044 at 00:30 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 21, 2044 at 11:03 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, September 29, 204403:31
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 7, 204400:30

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Wednesday, October 5, 2044 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 2044 to the new moon of October 20, 2044, a cycle of 29.52 days.