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The Moon on Tuesday, October 21, 2081: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on October 21, 2081Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 21 October 2081391,328 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 21, 2081, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
391,328 km243,160 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 2081 is on Friday, October 17, 2081 at 20:50 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, November 1, 2081 at 03:04 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 17, 208120:50
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 25, 208111:13

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Tuesday, October 21, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2081 to the new moon of November 1, 2081, a cycle of 29.40 days.