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The Moon on Saturday, October 16, 1920: Waxing Crescent, 19% lit

Waxing · 19.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 14°

Moon age

4.5days

Moon phase on October 16, 1920Waxing Crescent

Saturday 16 October 1920401,397 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 16, 1920, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 19.1% of its visible face lit, 4.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

19.1%Illumination at noon UTC
4.5 dMoon age
401,397 km249,416 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (14°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1920 is on Wednesday, October 27, 1920 at 14:09 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 12, 1920 at 00:50 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Tuesday, October 12, 192000:50
First Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 20, 192000:29

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Saturday, October 16, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 12, 1920 to the new moon of November 10, 1920, a cycle of 29.64 days.