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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 99.4% lit · ♈︎ Aries 18°

Moon age

14.5days

Moon phase on October 20, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 2078359,592 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 99.4% of its visible face lit, 14.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

99.4%Illumination at noon UTC
14.5 dMoon age
359,592 km223,440 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (19°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2078 is on Friday, October 21, 2078 at 02:55 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 2078 at 23:06 UTC, 15 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 14, 207804:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 21, 207802:55

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 2078 to the new moon of November 4, 2078, a cycle of 29.74 days.