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The Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2007: Waxing Crescent, 23% lit

Waxing · 23.4% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 20°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 2007Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 October 2007402,265 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 16, 2007, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 23.4% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

23.4%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
402,265 km249,956 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (20°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2007 is on Friday, October 26, 2007 at 04:52 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at 05:01 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, October 11, 200705:01
First Quarter (after)Friday, October 19, 200708:33

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Tuesday, October 16, 2007 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 11, 2007 to the new moon of November 9, 2007, a cycle of 29.75 days.