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The Moon on Tuesday, October 24, 1916: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 01°

Moon age

27.2days

Moon phase on October 24, 1916Waning Crescent

Tuesday 24 October 1916389,168 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 24, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.5% of its visible face lit, 27.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.2 dMoon age
389,168 km241,817 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (2°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 24, 1916 is on Wednesday, October 11, 1916 at 07:01 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 26, 1916 at 20:37 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 24

More about this date

Tuesday, October 24, 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.