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The Moon on Monday, October 5, 2071: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 86.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on October 5, 2071Waxing Gibbous

Monday 5 October 2071400,965 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 5, 2071, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 86.7% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

86.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
400,965 km249,148 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2071 is on Friday, October 9, 2071 at 05:24 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 23, 2071 at 17:21 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 1, 207104:21
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 9, 207105:24

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Monday, October 5, 2071 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 23, 2071 to the new moon of October 23, 2071, a cycle of 29.48 days.