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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2014: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 43.5% lit · ♌︎ Leo 00°

Moon age

22.2days

Moon phase on October 16, 2014Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 October 2014402,987 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 43.5% of its visible face lit, 22.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

43.5%Illumination at noon UTC
22.2 dMoon age
402,987 km250,405 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (1°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2014 is on Wednesday, October 8, 2014 at 10:51 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 23, 2014 at 21:57 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 15, 201419:12
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 23, 201421:57

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 24, 2014 to the new moon of October 23, 2014, a cycle of 29.65 days.