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The Moon on Friday, October 5, 2012: Waning Gibbous, 76% lit

Waning · 75.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 11°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on October 5, 2012Waning Gibbous

Friday 5 October 2012405,027 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 5, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.7% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.7%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
405,027 km251,672 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (12°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 2012 is on Sunday, September 30, 2012 at 03:19 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 15, 2012 at 12:03 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, September 30, 201203:19
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 8, 201207:34

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Friday, October 5, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 16, 2012 to the new moon of October 15, 2012, a cycle of 29.41 days.