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The Moon on Tuesday, October 5, 1999: Waning Crescent, 16% lit

Waning · 16.4% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

25.6days

Moon phase on October 5, 1999Waning Crescent

Tuesday 5 October 1999381,156 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 5, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 16.4% of its visible face lit, 25.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

16.4%Illumination at noon UTC
25.6 dMoon age
381,156 km236,839 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1999 is on Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 10:51 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 2, 199904:02
New Moon (after)Saturday, October 9, 199911:35

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Tuesday, October 5, 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.