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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 2017: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.5% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on October 16, 2017Waning Crescent

Monday 16 October 2017382,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 11.5% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.5%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
382,315 km237,560 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
31.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2017 is on Thursday, October 5, 2017 at 18:40 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 19, 2017 at 19:12 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, October 12, 201712:26
New Moon (after)Thursday, October 19, 201719:12

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 2017 to the new moon of October 19, 2017, a cycle of 29.57 days.