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The Moon on Sunday, October 23, 1994: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 86.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 13°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on October 23, 1994Waning Gibbous

Sunday 23 October 1994405,227 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 23, 1994, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 86.5% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

86.5%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
405,227 km251,796 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (13°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1994 is on Wednesday, October 19, 1994 at 12:18 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, November 3, 1994 at 13:36 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Sunday, October 23, 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.