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The Moon on Saturday, October 16, 2055: Waning Crescent, 22% lit

Waning · 21.6% lit · ♌︎ Leo 27°

Moon age

25.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 2055Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 October 2055367,694 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, October 16, 2055, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 21.6% of its visible face lit, 25.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.6%Illumination at noon UTC
25.4 dMoon age
367,694 km228,474 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (28°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2055 is on Tuesday, October 5, 2055 at 18:38 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 20, 2055 at 10:49 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, October 13, 205518:22
New Moon (after)Wednesday, October 20, 205510:49

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Saturday, October 16, 2055 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of September 21, 2055 to the new moon of October 20, 2055, a cycle of 29.35 days.