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The Moon on Saturday, October 21, 2051: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 22°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 2051Waning Gibbous

Saturday 21 October 2051359,160 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 21, 2051, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 95.6% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.6%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
359,160 km223,172 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2051 is on Thursday, October 19, 2051 at 19:13 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, November 3, 2051 at 14:59 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 19, 205119:13
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 26, 205112:39

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Saturday, October 21, 2051 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 2051 to the new moon of November 3, 2051, a cycle of 29.76 days.