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The Moon on Friday, October 8, 1999: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 1.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

28.6days

Moon phase on October 8, 1999Waning Crescent

Friday 8 October 1999391,247 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 8, 1999, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.1% of its visible face lit, 28.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.6 dMoon age
391,247 km243,109 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 8, 1999 is on Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 10:51 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around October 8

More about this date

Friday, October 8, 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.