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The Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1995: Waxing Gibbous, 89% lit

Waxing · 88.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

10.8days

Moon phase on October 5, 1995Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 October 1995376,540 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 5, 1995, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.7% of its visible face lit, 10.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.7%Illumination at noon UTC
10.8 dMoon age
376,540 km233,971 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1995 is on Sunday, October 8, 1995 at 15:52 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, September 24, 1995 at 16:55 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 1, 199514:36
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 8, 199515:52

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Thursday, October 5, 1995 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 1995 to the new moon of October 24, 1995, a cycle of 29.49 days.