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The Moon on Monday, October 23, 1916: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 12.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 19°

Moon age

26.2days

Moon phase on October 23, 1916Waning Crescent

Monday 23 October 1916393,624 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 23, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.3% of its visible face lit, 26.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.2 dMoon age
393,624 km244,586 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 23, 1916 is on Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at 07:01 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 26, 1916 at 20:37 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around October 23

More about this date

Monday, October 23, 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.