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The Moon on Thursday, October 27, 2016: Waning Crescent, 9% lit

Waning · 9.3% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 29°

Moon age

26.5days

Moon phase on October 27, 2016Waning Crescent

Thursday 27 October 2016400,673 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 27, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 9.3% of its visible face lit, 26.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

9.3%Illumination at noon UTC
26.5 dMoon age
400,673 km248,967 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
29.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 27, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, October 22, 201619:14
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 30, 201617:38

The Moon around October 27

More about this date

Thursday, October 27, 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.