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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2036: Waning Crescent, 12% lit

Waning · 11.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 13°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 2036Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 October 2036365,802 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 2036, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 11.9% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

11.9%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
365,802 km227,299 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (13°)
32.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2036 is on Sunday, October 5, 2036 at 10:15 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, October 19, 2036 at 11:50 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, October 12, 203618:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, October 19, 203611:50

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 2036 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 20, 2036 to the new moon of October 19, 2036, a cycle of 29.42 days.