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The Moon on Wednesday, October 16, 2013: Waxing Gibbous, 93% lit

Waxing · 92.9% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 22°

Moon age

11.5days

Moon phase on October 16, 2013Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 October 2013377,304 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, October 16, 2013, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 92.9% of its visible face lit, 11.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

92.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.5 dMoon age
377,304 km234,446 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (22°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2013 is on Friday, October 18, 2013 at 23:38 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 5, 2013 at 00:35 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 11, 201323:02
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 18, 201323:38

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Wednesday, October 16, 2013 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 2013 to the new moon of November 3, 2013, a cycle of 29.51 days.