Waning · 64.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 12°
Moon age
20.5days
Moon phase on October 21, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Friday, October 21, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 64.2% of its visible face lit, 20.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
64.2%Illumination at noon UTC
20.5 dMoon age
373,289 km231,951 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (12°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 21, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 9 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Sunday, October 16, 2016 | 04:23 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, October 22, 2016 | 19:14 |
The Moon around October 21
More about this date
Friday, October 21, 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.