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The Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 95% lit

Waning · 95.1% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 21°

Moon age

16.1days

Moon phase on October 19, 2005Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 October 2005379,676 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 19, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.1% of its visible face lit, 16.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.1%Illumination at noon UTC
16.1 dMoon age
379,676 km235,920 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (22°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 01:25 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Monday, October 17, 200512:14
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 25, 200501:17

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Wednesday, October 19, 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.