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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1930: Waning Crescent, 36% lit

Waning · 35.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 09°

Moon age

24.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 1930Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 October 1930368,822 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.6% of its visible face lit, 24.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.6%Illumination at noon UTC
24.0 dMoon age
368,822 km229,175 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (9°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1930 is on Tuesday, October 7, 1930 at 18:56 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 21, 1930 at 21:48 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 15, 193005:12
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 21, 193021:48

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 22, 1930 to the new moon of October 21, 1930, a cycle of 29.42 days.