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The Moon on Saturday, October 9, 1999: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.2% lit · ♎︎ Libra 15°

New Moon at

11:35UTC

Moon phase on October 9, 1999New Moon

Saturday 9 October 1999394,631 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 9, 1999, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.2% of its visible face lit, 29.6 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.2%Illumination at noon UTC
29.6 dMoon age
394,631 km245,212 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (16°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 1999 is on Saturday, September 25, 1999 at 10:51 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 2, 199904:02
New Moon (this day)Saturday, October 9, 199911:35
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 17, 199915:00

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Saturday, October 9, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 1999 to the new moon of November 8, 1999, a cycle of 29.68 days.