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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2059: Waxing Gibbous, 72% lit

Waxing · 72.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 19°

Moon age

9.8days

Moon phase on October 16, 2059Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 October 2059368,222 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 2059, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 72.0% of its visible face lit, 9.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

72.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.8 dMoon age
368,222 km228,803 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (19°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2059 is on Tuesday, October 21, 2059 at 02:15 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, October 6, 2059 at 15:50 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Tuesday, October 14, 205911:39
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, October 21, 205902:15

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 2059 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 6, 2059 to the new moon of November 5, 2059, a cycle of 29.72 days.