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The Moon on Friday, October 21, 1994: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 96.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 19°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on October 21, 1994Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 October 1994405,959 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 21, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
405,959 km252,251 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1994 is on Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at 12:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 3, 1994 at 13:36 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Friday, October 21, 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.