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The Moon on Friday, October 19, 2018: Waxing Gibbous, 75% lit

Waxing · 74.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 25°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 19, 2018Waxing Gibbous

Friday 19 October 2018402,447 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 19, 2018, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 74.9% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

74.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
402,447 km250,069 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 16, 201818:02
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 24, 201816:45

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Friday, October 19, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2018 to the new moon of November 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.51 days.