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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 66% lit

Waxing · 65.7% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on October 20, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 2072402,800 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 65.7% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

65.7%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
402,800 km250,288 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (16°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2072 is on Thursday, October 27, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 11, 2072 at 17:55 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 18, 207220:37
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 27, 207201:21

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2072 to the new moon of November 10, 2072, a cycle of 29.43 days.