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The Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2005: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.6% lit · ♈︎ Aries 09°

Moon age

13.1days

Moon phase on October 16, 2005Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 October 2005367,719 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 16, 2005, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.6% of its visible face lit, 13.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.6%Illumination at noon UTC
13.1 dMoon age
367,719 km228,490 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (10°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 3, 2005 at 10:28 UTC, 13 days earlier.

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

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Sunday, October 16, 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.