Waxing · 53.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°
First Quarter at
04:33UTC
Moon phase on October 9, 2016First Quarter
On Sunday, October 9, 2016, the Moon was a First Quarter: 53.2% of its visible face lit, 8.5 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
53.2%Illumination at noon UTC
8.5 dMoon age
392,648 km243,980 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 9, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 1, 2016 at 00:12 UTC, 8 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Saturday, October 1, 2016 | 00:12 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Sunday, October 9, 2016 | 04:33 |
| Full Moon (after) | Sunday, October 16, 2016 | 04:23 |
The Moon around October 9
More about this date
Sunday, October 9, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 1, 2016 to the new moon of October 30, 2016, a cycle of 29.73 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.