Waxing · 0.7% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 16°
Moon age
0.8days
Moon phase on October 31, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Monday, October 31, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 0.7% of its visible face lit, 0.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.
0.7%Illumination at noon UTC
0.8 dMoon age
406,618 km252,661 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (17°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 31, 2016 is on Monday, November 14, 2016 at 13:52 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 30, 2016 at 17:38 UTC, 1 day earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Sunday, October 30, 2016 | 17:38 |
| First Quarter (after) | Monday, November 7, 2016 | 19:51 |
The Moon around October 31
More about this date
Monday, October 31, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 30, 2016 to the new moon of November 29, 2016, a cycle of 29.78 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.