Waxing · 48.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 09°
First Quarter at
16:47UTC
Moon phase on October 5, 2019First Quarter
On Saturday, October 5, 2019, the Moon was a First Quarter: 48.1% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
48.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
391,877 km243,501 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (10°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 5, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 18:26 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, September 28, 2019 | 18:26 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Saturday, October 5, 2019 | 16:47 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, October 13, 2019 | 21:08 |
The Moon around October 5
More about this date
Saturday, October 5, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 2019 to the new moon of October 28, 2019, a cycle of 29.38 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2019, or the whole moon calendar 2019.
- The same date one year apart: 2018 · 2020.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.