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The Moon on Friday, October 18, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 80% lit

Waning · 80.2% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 17°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on October 18, 2019Waning Gibbous

Friday 18 October 2019388,333 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 18, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.2% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.2%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
388,333 km241,299 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (18°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 10 days later.

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

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Friday, October 18, 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.