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The Moon on Friday, October 28, 2016: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 4.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 11°

Moon age

27.5days

Moon phase on October 28, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 28 October 2016403,116 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 28, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 4.5% of its visible face lit, 27.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.5%Illumination at noon UTC
27.5 dMoon age
403,116 km250,484 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (11°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 28, 2016 is on Sunday, October 16, 2016 at 04:23 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 2 days later.

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

The Moon around October 28

More about this date

Friday, October 28, 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.