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The Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1945: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.5% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 18°

Moon age

10.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 1945Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 October 1945377,510 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 16, 1945, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 71.5% of its visible face lit, 10.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.5%Illumination at noon UTC
10.3 dMoon age
377,510 km234,574 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (18°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1945 is on Sunday, October 21, 1945 at 05:32 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 6, 1945 at 05:23 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 14, 194509:38
Full Moon (after)Sunday, October 21, 194505:32

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Tuesday, October 16, 1945 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 1945 to the new moon of November 4, 1945, a cycle of 29.74 days.