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The Moon on Thursday, October 6, 2050: Waning Gibbous, 62% lit

Waning · 62.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on October 6, 2050Waning Gibbous

Thursday 6 October 2050386,698 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 6, 2050, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 62.2% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

62.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
386,698 km240,283 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2050 is on Friday, September 30, 2050 at 17:32 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 15, 2050 at 20:49 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, September 30, 205017:32
Last Quarter (after)Friday, October 7, 205016:32

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Thursday, October 6, 2050 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 2050 to the new moon of October 15, 2050, a cycle of 29.71 days.