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The Moon on Tuesday, October 18, 2016: Waning Gibbous, 92% lit

Waning · 91.9% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 28°

Moon age

17.5days

Moon phase on October 18, 2016Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 18 October 2016359,966 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 18, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 91.9% of its visible face lit, 17.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

91.9%Illumination at noon UTC
17.5 dMoon age
359,966 km223,673 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (28°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 18, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 16, 201604:23
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, October 22, 201619:14

The Moon around October 18

More about this date

Tuesday, October 18, 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.