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The Moon on Sunday, October 29, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 9% lit

Waxing · 8.7% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 09°

Moon age

2.6days

Moon phase on October 29, 1916Waxing Crescent

Sunday 29 October 1916371,248 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 29, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.7% of its visible face lit, 2.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.7%Illumination at noon UTC
2.6 dMoon age
371,248 km230,683 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (10°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 29, 1916 is on Thursday, November 9, 1916 at 20:18 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 26, 1916 at 20:37 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 26, 191620:37
First Quarter (after)Thursday, November 2, 191617:50

The Moon around October 29

More about this date

Sunday, October 29, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 26, 1916 to the new moon of November 25, 1916, a cycle of 29.51 days.