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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 68% lit

Waxing · 68.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

8.4days

Moon phase on October 17, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 17 October 2056385,585 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 68.4% of its visible face lit, 8.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.4%Illumination at noon UTC
8.4 dMoon age
385,585 km239,591 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2056 is on Monday, October 23, 2056 at 11:46 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 2056 at 03:00 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 15, 205617:58
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 23, 205611:46

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2056 to the new moon of November 7, 2056, a cycle of 29.39 days.