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The Moon on Sunday, October 19, 2008: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 72.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

20.2days

Moon phase on October 19, 2008Waning Gibbous

Sunday 19 October 2008366,815 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 19, 2008, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 72.2% of its visible face lit, 20.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

72.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.2 dMoon age
366,815 km227,928 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (0°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2008 is on Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 20:03 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 2008 at 23:14 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 14, 200820:03
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 21, 200811:55

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Sunday, October 19, 2008 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 29, 2008 to the new moon of October 28, 2008, a cycle of 29.63 days.