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The Moon on Friday, October 15, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 30% lit

Waxing · 30.5% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 28°

Moon age

6.0days

Moon phase on October 15, 1999Waxing Crescent

Friday 15 October 1999404,746 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 15, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.5% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.5%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
404,746 km251,497 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 1999 is on Sunday, October 24, 1999 at 21:02 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 9, 199911:35
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 17, 199915:00

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Friday, October 15, 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.