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The Moon on Tuesday, October 19, 2021: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 13°

Moon age

13.0days

Moon phase on October 19, 2021Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 19 October 2021396,215 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 19, 2021, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 13.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
13.0 dMoon age
396,215 km246,197 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (14°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 19, 2021 is on Wednesday, October 20, 2021 at 14:57 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 6, 2021 at 11:05 UTC, 13 days earlier.

The Moon around October 19

More about this date

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2021 to the new moon of November 4, 2021, a cycle of 29.42 days.