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The Moon on Wednesday, October 18, 1905: Waning Gibbous, 79% lit

Waning · 78.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 19°

Moon age

19.6days

Moon phase on October 18, 1905Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 18 October 1905400,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 18, 1905, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 78.6% of its visible face lit, 19.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

78.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.6 dMoon age
400,308 km248,740 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (20°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1905 is on Friday, October 13, 1905 at 11:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 28, 1905 at 06:58 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 13, 190511:03
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 21, 190512:51

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Wednesday, October 18, 1905 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1905 to the new moon of October 28, 1905, a cycle of 29.37 days.