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The Moon on Wednesday, October 17, 2068: Waning Gibbous, 55% lit

Waning · 55.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 19°

Moon age

21.0days

Moon phase on October 17, 2068Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 17 October 2068389,827 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 17, 2068, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 55.2% of its visible face lit, 21.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

55.2%Illumination at noon UTC
21.0 dMoon age
389,827 km242,227 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (19°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2068 is on Thursday, October 11, 2068 at 01:39 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, October 26, 2068 at 04:17 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 11, 206801:39
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 18, 206800:01

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Wednesday, October 17, 2068 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 26, 2068 to the new moon of October 26, 2068, a cycle of 29.73 days.