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The Moon on Wednesday, October 5, 1994: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 16°

New Moon at

03:55UTC

Moon phase on October 5, 1994New Moon

Wednesday 5 October 1994361,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 5, 1994, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
361,252 km224,471 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (17°)
33.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1994 is on Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at 12:18 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 1994 at 03:55 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, September 28, 199400:24
New Moon (this day)Wednesday, October 5, 199403:55
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 11, 199419:17

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Wednesday, October 5, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 1994 to the new moon of November 3, 1994, a cycle of 29.40 days.