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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 1944: Waning Crescent, 1% lit

Waning · 0.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 14°

Moon age

29.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 1944Waning Crescent

Monday 16 October 1944404,888 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 1944, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 29.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
29.0 dMoon age
404,888 km251,585 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (15°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1944 is on Monday, October 2, 1944 at 04:22 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 17, 1944 at 05:35 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, October 9, 194401:12
New Moon (after)Tuesday, October 17, 194405:35

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 1944 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 17, 1944 to the new moon of October 17, 1944, a cycle of 29.71 days.