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The Moon on Wednesday, October 6, 2055: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 21°

Moon age

15.4days

Moon phase on October 6, 2055Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 6 October 2055406,253 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 6, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 15.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
15.4 dMoon age
406,253 km252,434 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (21°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2055 is on Tuesday, October 5, 2055 at 18:38 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 20, 2055 at 10:49 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 5, 205518:38
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 13, 205518:22

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Wednesday, October 6, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 2055 to the new moon of October 20, 2055, a cycle of 29.35 days.