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The Moon on Monday, October 16, 2056: Waxing Gibbous, 58% lit

Waxing · 58.2% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

7.4days

Moon phase on October 16, 2056Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 October 2056380,900 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, October 16, 2056, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 58.2% of its visible face lit, 7.4 days after the new moon and growing each night.

58.2%Illumination at noon UTC
7.4 dMoon age
380,900 km236,680 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (3°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2056 is on Monday, October 23, 2056 at 11:46 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 9, 2056 at 03:00 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Sunday, October 15, 205617:58
Full Moon (after)Monday, October 23, 205611:46

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Monday, October 16, 2056 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 9, 2056 to the new moon of November 7, 2056, a cycle of 29.39 days.