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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1919: Last Quarter, 47% lit

Waning · 46.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 25°

Last Quarter at

05:05UTC

Moon phase on October 16, 1919Last Quarter

Thursday 16 October 1919377,146 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 1919, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 46.9% of its visible face lit, 22.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

46.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.3 dMoon age
377,146 km234,348 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (26°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1919 is on Thursday, October 9, 1919 at 13:38 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 1919 at 20:39 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Thursday, October 9, 191913:38
Last Quarter (this day)Thursday, October 16, 191905:05
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 23, 191920:39

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 1919 to the new moon of October 23, 1919, a cycle of 29.67 days.