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The Moon on Saturday, April 1, 1916: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 26°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on April 1, 1916Waning Crescent

Saturday 1 April 1916379,551 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 1, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
379,551 km235,842 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
31.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 1916 is on Sunday, March 19, 1916 at 17:26 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 1916 at 16:21 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, March 26, 191616:22
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 2, 191616:21

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Saturday, April 1, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 4, 1916 to the new moon of April 2, 1916, a cycle of 29.52 days.