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The Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 65% lit

Waning · 64.6% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

21.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 1984Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 October 1984386,792 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 16, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.6% of its visible face lit, 21.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

64.6%Illumination at noon UTC
21.4 dMoon age
386,792 km240,342 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 1984 is on Tuesday, October 9, 1984 at 23:58 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 24, 1984 at 12:08 UTC, 8 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, October 9, 198423:58
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, October 17, 198421:14

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Tuesday, October 16, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 25, 1984 to the new moon of October 24, 1984, a cycle of 29.37 days.