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The Moon on Monday, October 21, 1991: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 95.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 02°

Moon age

13.6days

Moon phase on October 21, 1991Waxing Gibbous

Monday 21 October 1991385,137 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 21, 1991, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 95.3% of its visible face lit, 13.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

95.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.6 dMoon age
385,137 km239,313 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (3°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1991 is on Wednesday, October 23, 1991 at 11:08 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 7, 1991 at 21:39 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Monday, October 21, 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.