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The Moon on Tuesday, October 15, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 97% lit

Waning · 97.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 10°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on October 15, 2019Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 15 October 2019398,396 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 15, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 97.4% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
398,396 km247,552 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 15, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 13, 201921:08
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 21, 201912:39

The Moon around October 15

More about this date

Tuesday, October 15, 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.