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The Moon on Sunday, October 16, 1932: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.5% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 14°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 1932Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 October 1932405,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 16, 1932, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.5% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.5%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
405,966 km252,255 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1932 is on Friday, October 14, 1932 at 13:18 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 29, 1932 at 14:56 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, October 14, 193213:18
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 22, 193217:14

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Sunday, October 16, 1932 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 1932 to the new moon of October 29, 1932, a cycle of 29.39 days.