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The Moon on Sunday, October 23, 2072: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 21°

Moon age

11.8days

Moon phase on October 23, 2072Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 23 October 2072404,824 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 23, 2072, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 11.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
11.8 dMoon age
404,824 km251,546 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 2072 is on Thursday, October 27, 2072 at 01:21 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 11, 2072 at 17:55 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Sunday, October 23, 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.