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The Moon on Wednesday, October 9, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 27°

Moon age

10.7days

Moon phase on October 9, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 9 October 2019405,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 9, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 10.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.7 dMoon age
405,146 km251,746 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (28°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 9, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, September 28, 2019 at 18:26 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, October 5, 201916:47
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 13, 201921:08

The Moon around October 9

More about this date

Wednesday, October 9, 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.