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The Moon on Thursday, October 16, 2081: Waxing Gibbous, 98% lit

Waxing · 98.3% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

13.8days

Moon phase on October 16, 2081Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 16 October 2081404,261 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, October 16, 2081, the Moon will be a Waxing Gibbous: 98.3% of its visible face lit, 13.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.3%Illumination at noon UTC
13.8 dMoon age
404,261 km251,196 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to October 16, 2081 is on Friday, October 17, 2081 at 20:50 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, October 2, 2081 at 17:23 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, October 9, 208115:58
Full Moon (after)Friday, October 17, 208120:50

The Moon around October 16

More about this date

Thursday, October 16, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of October 2, 2081 to the new moon of November 1, 2081, a cycle of 29.40 days.