Waxing · 47.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 20°
First Quarter at
18:02UTC
Moon phase on October 16, 2018First Quarter
On Tuesday, October 16, 2018, the Moon was a First Quarter: 47.8% of its visible face lit, 7.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .
47.8%Illumination at noon UTC
7.3 dMoon age
403,120 km250,487 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (20°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to October 16, 2018 is on Wednesday, October 24, 2018 at 16:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, October 9, 2018 at 03:47 UTC, 7 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Tuesday, October 9, 2018 | 03:47 |
| First Quarter (this day) | Tuesday, October 16, 2018 | 18:02 |
| Full Moon (after) | Wednesday, October 24, 2018 | 16:45 |
The Moon around October 16
More about this date
Tuesday, October 16, 2018 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2018 to the new moon of November 7, 2018, a cycle of 29.51 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in October 2018, or the whole moon calendar 2018.
- The same date one year apart: 2017 · 2019.
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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.