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The Moon on Sunday, October 16, 2078: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.4% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 21°

Moon age

10.5days

Moon phase on October 16, 2078Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 16 October 2078379,990 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, October 16, 2078, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 73.4% of its visible face lit, 10.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.4%Illumination at noon UTC
10.5 dMoon age
379,990 km236,115 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (21°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2078 is on Friday, October 21, 2078 at 02:55 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, October 5, 2078 at 23:06 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, October 14, 207804:07
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 21, 207802:55

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Sunday, October 16, 2078 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 5, 2078 to the new moon of November 4, 2078, a cycle of 29.74 days.