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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 1991: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 48.0% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 19°

First Quarter at

17:33UTC

Moon phase on October 15, 1991First Quarter

Tuesday 15 October 1991404,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 1991, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.0% of its visible face lit, 7.6 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

48.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.6 dMoon age
404,149 km251,126 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (19°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1991 is on Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at 11:08 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 7, 1991 at 21:39 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, October 7, 199121:39
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 15, 199117:33
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 23, 199111:08

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 1991 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 1991 to the new moon of November 6, 1991, a cycle of 29.56 days.