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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1924: Waning Gibbous, 87% lit

Waning · 87.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 04°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on October 16, 1924Waning Gibbous

Thursday 16 October 1924403,118 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 1924, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
403,118 km250,486 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1924 is on Sunday, October 12, 1924 at 20:21 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 28, 1924 at 06:57 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 12, 192420:21
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 20, 192422:54

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 1924 to the new moon of October 28, 1924, a cycle of 29.45 days.