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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 1994: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 99.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 07°

Moon age

15.3days

Moon phase on October 20, 1994Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 1994405,171 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 99.1% of its visible face lit, 15.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

99.1%Illumination at noon UTC
15.3 dMoon age
405,171 km251,762 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (8°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1994 is on Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at 12:18 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 3, 1994 at 13:36 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 19, 199412:18
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 27, 199416:44

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 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.