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The Moon on Saturday, October 2, 1999: Last Quarter, 46% lit

Waning · 46.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 13°

Last Quarter at

04:02UTC

Moon phase on October 2, 1999Last Quarter

Saturday 2 October 1999372,193 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 2, 1999, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.4% of its visible face lit, 22.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.4%Illumination at noon UTC
22.6 dMoon age
372,193 km231,270 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (13°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 2, 1999 is on Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 10:51 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, September 25, 199910:51
Last Quarter (this day)Saturday, October 2, 199904:02
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 9, 199911:35

The Moon around October 2

More about this date

Saturday, October 2, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 9, 1999 to the new moon of October 9, 1999, a cycle of 29.56 days.