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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 2028: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.1% lit · ♎︎ Libra 00°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on October 16, 2028Waning Crescent

Monday 16 October 2028359,252 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 2028, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 4.1% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.1%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
359,252 km223,228 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (1°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2028 is on Tuesday, October 3, 2028 at 16:25 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 18, 2028 at 02:57 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 11, 202811:57
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 18, 202802:57

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 2028 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 18, 2028 to the new moon of October 18, 2028, a cycle of 29.36 days.