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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 1933: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.1% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 17°

Moon age

26.7days

Moon phase on October 16, 1933Waning Crescent

Monday 16 October 1933382,789 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 1933, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.1% of its visible face lit, 26.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.1%Illumination at noon UTC
26.7 dMoon age
382,789 km237,854 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (18°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1933 is on Tuesday, October 3, 1933 at 17:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 1933 at 05:45 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 11, 193316:46
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 19, 193305:45

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 1933 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 19, 1933 to the new moon of October 19, 1933, a cycle of 29.47 days.