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The Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2038: Waning Gibbous, 90% lit

Waning · 90.4% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

17.7days

Moon phase on October 16, 2038Waning Gibbous

Saturday 16 October 2038405,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 16, 2038, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 90.4% of its visible face lit, 17.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

90.4%Illumination at noon UTC
17.7 dMoon age
405,694 km252,086 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (29°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2038 is on Wednesday, October 13, 2038 at 04:22 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 28, 2038 at 03:53 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Wednesday, October 13, 203804:22
Last Quarter (after)Thursday, October 21, 203808:23

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Saturday, October 16, 2038 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 28, 2038 to the new moon of October 28, 2038, a cycle of 29.37 days.