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The Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1923: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.1% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 17°

First Quarter at

20:54UTC

Moon phase on October 16, 1923First Quarter

Tuesday 16 October 1923377,845 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 16, 1923, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.1% of its visible face lit, 6.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.2 dMoon age
377,845 km234,782 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (17°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1923 is on Wednesday, October 24, 1923 at 18:26 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 10, 1923 at 06:05 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, October 10, 192306:05
First Quarter (this day)Tuesday, October 16, 192320:54
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, October 24, 192318:26

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Tuesday, October 16, 1923 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 10, 1923 to the new moon of November 8, 1923, a cycle of 29.39 days.