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The Moon on Wednesday, October 19, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 57% lit

Waning · 56.8% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 18°

Moon age

22.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 2011Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 19 October 2011388,012 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 19, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.8% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.8%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
388,012 km241,100 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 12, 201102:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 20, 201103:31

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Wednesday, October 19, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.