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The Moon on Wednesday, October 20, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 77% lit

Waxing · 77.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 29°

Moon age

11.0days

Moon phase on October 20, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 20 October 1999385,242 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 20, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 77.3% of its visible face lit, 11.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

77.3%Illumination at noon UTC
11.0 dMoon age
385,242 km239,378 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (30°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1999 is on Sunday, October 24, 1999 at 21:02 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 17, 199915:00
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 24, 199921:02

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Wednesday, October 20, 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.