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The Moon on Tuesday, October 17, 1995: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 02°

Moon age

22.8days

Moon phase on October 17, 1995Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 October 1995400,868 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 17, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.4% of its visible face lit, 22.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.8 dMoon age
400,868 km249,088 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (3°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 1995 is on Sunday, October 8, 1995 at 15:52 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 24, 1995 at 04:36 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 16, 199516:26
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 24, 199504:36

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Tuesday, October 17, 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.