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The Moon on Friday, October 6, 2079: Waxing Gibbous, 81% lit

Waxing · 80.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on October 6, 2079Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 October 2079393,071 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 6, 2079, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 80.8% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

80.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
393,071 km244,243 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 6, 2079 is on Tuesday, October 10, 2079 at 17:23 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, September 25, 2079 at 04:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 3, 207902:35
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 10, 207917:23

The Moon around October 6

More about this date

Friday, October 6, 2079 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 2079 to the new moon of October 24, 2079, a cycle of 29.59 days.