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The Moon on Thursday, October 12, 1995: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 02°

Moon age

17.8days

Moon phase on October 12, 1995Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 October 1995400,768 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 12, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.8% of its visible face lit, 17.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.8%Illumination at noon UTC
17.8 dMoon age
400,768 km249,026 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 1995 is on Sunday, October 8, 1995 at 15:52 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 24, 1995 at 04:36 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 8, 199515:52
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 16, 199516:26

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Thursday, October 12, 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.