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The Moon on Thursday, October 17, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 87.6% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

18.7days

Moon phase on October 17, 2019Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 October 2019392,054 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 17, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.6% of its visible face lit, 18.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.6%Illumination at noon UTC
18.7 dMoon age
392,054 km243,611 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (5°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 17, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 11 days later.

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

The Moon around October 17

More about this date

Thursday, October 17, 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.