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The Moon on Saturday, October 19, 2019: Waning Gibbous, 71% lit

Waning · 71.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 00°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on October 19, 2019Waning Gibbous

Saturday 19 October 2019384,283 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 19, 2019, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
384,283 km238,782 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (1°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2019 is on Sunday, October 13, 2019 at 21:08 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 28, 2019 at 03:39 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Saturday, October 19, 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.