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The Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1906: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.0% lit · ♎︎ Libra 02°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 1906Waning Crescent

Tuesday 16 October 1906369,718 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 16, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.0% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.0%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
369,718 km229,732 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (3°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1906 is on Tuesday, October 2, 1906 at 12:48 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 17, 1906 at 22:43 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 10, 190615:39
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 17, 190622:43

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Tuesday, October 16, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 18, 1906 to the new moon of October 17, 1906, a cycle of 29.42 days.