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The Moon on Friday, October 16, 1908: Waning Gibbous, 56% lit

Waning · 56.4% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°

Moon age

20.9days

Moon phase on October 16, 1908Waning Gibbous

Friday 16 October 1908397,331 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 16, 1908, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.4% of its visible face lit, 20.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

56.4%Illumination at noon UTC
20.9 dMoon age
397,331 km246,890 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (15°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1908 is on Friday, October 9, 1908 at 21:03 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 25, 1908 at 06:46 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 9, 190821:03
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 17, 190803:35

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Friday, October 16, 1908 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1908 to the new moon of October 25, 1908, a cycle of 29.66 days.