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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2044: Waxing Gibbous, 100% lit

Waxing · 99.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 07°

Moon age

15.0days

Moon phase on October 6, 2044Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 6 October 2044382,734 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 2044, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.6% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.6%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
382,734 km237,820 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2044 is on Friday, October 7, 2044 at 00:30 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 20, 2044 at 23:36 UTC, 14 days later.

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

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 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.