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The Moon on Sunday, October 5, 1919: Waxing Gibbous, 80% lit

Waxing · 79.8% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 17°

Moon age

11.3days

Moon phase on October 5, 1919Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 5 October 1919383,196 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 5, 1919, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 79.8% of its visible face lit, 11.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

79.8%Illumination at noon UTC
11.3 dMoon age
383,196 km238,107 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1919 is on Thursday, October 9, 1919 at 13:38 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 24, 1919 at 04:34 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 2, 191908:37
Full Moon (after)Thursday, October 9, 191913:38

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Sunday, October 5, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 1919 to the new moon of October 23, 1919, a cycle of 29.67 days.