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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1913: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 06°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 1913Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 October 1913401,008 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 1913, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.5% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
401,008 km249,175 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (6°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1913 is on Wednesday, October 15, 1913 at 06:07 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 29, 1913 at 14:29 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 15, 191306:07
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 22, 191322:53

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 1913 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 1913 to the new moon of October 29, 1913, a cycle of 29.40 days.