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The Moon on Saturday, October 21, 1916: Waning Crescent, 28% lit

Waning · 27.7% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

24.2days

Moon phase on October 21, 1916Waning Crescent

Saturday 21 October 1916400,879 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 21, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 27.7% of its visible face lit, 24.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

27.7%Illumination at noon UTC
24.2 dMoon age
400,879 km249,095 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 21, 1916 is on Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at 07:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 26, 1916 at 20:37 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around October 21

More about this date

Saturday, October 21, 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.