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The Moon on Friday, October 16, 2048: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 71.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

8.8days

Moon phase on October 16, 2048Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 October 2048376,417 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, October 16, 2048, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 71.6% of its visible face lit, 8.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

71.6%Illumination at noon UTC
8.8 dMoon age
376,417 km233,894 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2048 is on Wednesday, October 21, 2048 at 18:25 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 7, 2048 at 17:45 UTC, 9 days earlier.

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Friday, October 16, 2048 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 7, 2048 to the new moon of November 6, 2048, a cycle of 29.45 days.