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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 1941: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 1941Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 October 1941378,731 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
378,731 km235,333 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1941 is on Sunday, October 5, 1941 at 08:32 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 20, 1941 at 14:20 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 13, 194112:52
New Moon (after)Monday, October 20, 194114:20

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 1941 to the new moon of October 20, 1941, a cycle of 29.40 days.