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The Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 1918: Waxing Gibbous, 83% lit

Waxing · 83.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 04°

Moon age

11.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 1918Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 October 1918365,812 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 16, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 11.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
11.4 dMoon age
365,812 km227,305 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (4°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1918 is on Saturday, October 19, 1918 at 21:35 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 1918 at 03:05 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 13, 191805:00
Full Moon (after)Saturday, October 19, 191821:35

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Wednesday, October 16, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 1918 to the new moon of November 3, 1918, a cycle of 29.75 days.