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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2070: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 11°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on October 16, 2070Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 October 2070383,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 2070, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 87.0% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.0%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
383,333 km238,192 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (11°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2070 is on Sunday, October 19, 2070 at 18:59 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 4, 2070 at 07:01 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 12, 207008:40
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 19, 207018:59

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 2070 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 4, 2070 to the new moon of November 2, 2070, a cycle of 29.65 days.