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The Moon on Friday, October 16, 1903: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 1903Waning Crescent

Friday 16 October 1903368,029 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 16, 1903, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.1% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.1%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
368,029 km228,682 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (27°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1903 is on Tuesday, October 6, 1903 at 15:24 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 20, 1903 at 15:30 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 13, 190319:57
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 20, 190315:30

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Friday, October 16, 1903 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 1903 to the new moon of October 20, 1903, a cycle of 29.46 days.