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The Moon on Saturday, April 8, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 31% lit

Waxing · 30.7% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 25°

Moon age

5.8days

Moon phase on April 8, 1916Waxing Crescent

Saturday 8 April 1916403,559 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 8, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 30.7% of its visible face lit, 5.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

30.7%Illumination at noon UTC
5.8 dMoon age
403,559 km250,760 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (25°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1916 is on Tuesday, April 18, 1916 at 05:07 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 1916 at 16:21 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 2, 191616:21
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 10, 191614:35

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Saturday, April 8, 1916 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1916 to the new moon of May 2, 1916, a cycle of 29.55 days.