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The Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1995: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 8.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 23°

Moon age

26.8days

Moon phase on October 21, 1995Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 October 1995382,094 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 21, 1995, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 8.9% of its visible face lit, 26.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

8.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.8 dMoon age
382,094 km237,422 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (23°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1995 is on Sunday, October 8, 1995 at 15:52 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 24, 1995 at 04:36 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Saturday, October 21, 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.