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The Moon on Wednesday, October 12, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 69.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 11°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on October 12, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 12 October 2005367,690 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 12, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 69.3% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

69.3%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
367,690 km228,472 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (12°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 12, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, October 10, 200519:01
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 17, 200512:14

The Moon around October 12

More about this date

Wednesday, October 12, 2005 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 3, 2005 to the new moon of November 2, 2005, a cycle of 29.62 days.