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The Moon on Tuesday, October 16, 2046: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 97.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 09°

Moon age

16.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 2046Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 16 October 2046403,334 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, October 16, 2046, the Moon will be a Waning Gibbous: 97.7% of its visible face lit, 16.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

97.7%Illumination at noon UTC
16.4 dMoon age
403,334 km250,620 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (10°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2046 is on Sunday, October 14, 2046 at 23:41 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 29, 2046 at 11:17 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, October 14, 204623:41
Last Quarter (after)Monday, October 22, 204620:08

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Tuesday, October 16, 2046 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 30, 2046 to the new moon of October 29, 2046, a cycle of 29.37 days.