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The Moon on Thursday, October 5, 1916: Waxing Gibbous, 62% lit

Waxing · 61.9% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 25°

Moon age

8.2days

Moon phase on October 5, 1916Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 5 October 1916369,246 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 5, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 61.9% of its visible face lit, 8.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

61.9%Illumination at noon UTC
8.2 dMoon age
369,246 km229,439 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (26°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 5, 1916 is on Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at 07:01 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, September 27, 1916 at 07:34 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 4, 191611:00
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 11, 191607:01

The Moon around October 5

More about this date

Thursday, October 5, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 1916 to the new moon of October 26, 1916, a cycle of 29.54 days.