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The Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2010: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.4% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

11.7days

Moon phase on October 19, 2010Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 October 2010405,149 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.4% of its visible face lit, 11.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.4%Illumination at noon UTC
11.7 dMoon age
405,149 km251,748 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (16°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2010 is on Saturday, October 23, 2010 at 01:37 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 7, 2010 at 18:44 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 14, 201021:28
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 23, 201001:37

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Tuesday, October 19, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 2010 to the new moon of November 6, 2010, a cycle of 29.42 days.