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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 2023: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 3.1% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 13°

Moon age

1.8days

Moon phase on October 16, 2023Waxing Crescent

Monday 16 October 2023391,416 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 2023, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 1.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
1.8 dMoon age
391,416 km243,215 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (13°)
30.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2023 is on Saturday, October 28, 2023 at 20:24 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, October 14, 2023 at 17:55 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, October 14, 202317:55
First Quarter (after)Sunday, October 22, 202303:29

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 14, 2023 to the new moon of November 13, 2023, a cycle of 29.65 days.