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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 75.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 24°

Moon age

10.6days

Moon phase on October 18, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Friday 18 October 1991398,410 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 75.3% of its visible face lit, 10.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

75.3%Illumination at noon UTC
10.6 dMoon age
398,410 km247,560 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (25°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 1991 is on Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at 11:08 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 7, 1991 at 21:39 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 15, 199117:33
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 23, 199111:08

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 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.