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The Moon on Friday, October 20, 1916: Waning Crescent, 37% lit

Waning · 36.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 12°

Moon age

23.2days

Moon phase on October 20, 1916Waning Crescent

Friday 20 October 1916403,099 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 20, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 36.6% of its visible face lit, 23.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

36.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.2 dMoon age
403,099 km250,474 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (12°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 20, 1916 is on Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at 07:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 26, 1916 at 20:37 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 19, 191601:08
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 26, 191620:37

The Moon around October 20

More about this date

Friday, October 20, 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.