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The Moon on Thursday, October 7, 1999: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.2% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 20°

Moon age

27.6days

Moon phase on October 7, 1999Waning Crescent

Thursday 7 October 1999387,823 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 7, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.2% of its visible face lit, 27.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.6 dMoon age
387,823 km240,982 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (20°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 7, 1999 is on Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 10:51 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 7

More about this date

Thursday, October 7, 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.