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The Moon on Saturday, October 15, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 95% lit

Waxing · 94.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 25°

Moon age

12.1days

Moon phase on October 15, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 15 October 2005365,952 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 15, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 94.6% of its visible face lit, 12.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

94.6%Illumination at noon UTC
12.1 dMoon age
365,952 km227,392 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (25°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 12 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Saturday, October 15, 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.