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The Moon on Thursday, October 20, 2005: Waning Gibbous, 89% lit

Waning · 89.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 05°

Moon age

17.1days

Moon phase on October 20, 2005Waning Gibbous

Thursday 20 October 2005384,948 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 20, 2005, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 89.4% of its visible face lit, 17.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

89.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.1 dMoon age
384,948 km239,195 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 2005 is on Monday, October 17, 2005 at 12:14 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, November 2, 2005 at 01:25 UTC, 13 days later.

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

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Thursday, October 20, 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.