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The Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2011: Waning Gibbous, 83% lit

Waning · 83.5% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 10°

Moon age

19.0days

Moon phase on October 16, 2011Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 October 2011400,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 16, 2011, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 83.5% of its visible face lit, 19.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

83.5%Illumination at noon UTC
19.0 dMoon age
400,694 km248,980 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (11°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2011 is on Wednesday, October 12, 2011 at 02:06 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 26, 2011 at 19:56 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 12, 201102:06
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 20, 201103:31

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Sunday, October 16, 2011 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 27, 2011 to the new moon of October 26, 2011, a cycle of 29.37 days.