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The Moon on Monday, October 19, 2015: Waxing Crescent, 36% lit

Waxing · 35.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on October 19, 2015Waxing Crescent

Monday 19 October 2015386,627 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 19, 2015, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.9% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.9%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
386,627 km240,239 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (9°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2015 is on Tuesday, October 27, 2015 at 12:05 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 13, 2015 at 00:06 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 13, 201500:06
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, October 20, 201520:31

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Monday, October 19, 2015 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 13, 2015 to the new moon of November 11, 2015, a cycle of 29.74 days.