Waning · 99.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 28°
Full Moon at
04:23UTC
Moon phase on October 16, 2016Full Moon
On Sunday, October 16, 2016, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.7% of its visible face lit, 15.5 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.7%Illumination at noon UTC
15.5 dMoon age
358,072 km222,495 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (28°)
33.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Hunter's Moon, 358,461 km from Earth. Supermoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 16, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Sunday, October 9, 2016 | 04:33 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Sunday, October 16, 2016 | 04:23 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, October 22, 2016 | 19:14 |
The Moon around October 16
More about this date
Sunday, October 16, 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.