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The Moon on Saturday, October 23, 1999: Waxing Gibbous, 97% lit

Waxing · 97.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 10°

Moon age

14.0days

Moon phase on October 23, 1999Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 23 October 1999368,352 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 23, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 97.2% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

97.2%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
368,352 km228,883 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (11°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1999 is on Sunday, October 24, 1999 at 21:02 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 9, 1999 at 11:35 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Saturday, October 23, 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.