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The Moon on Sunday, April 9, 1916: Waxing Crescent, 40% lit

Waxing · 39.7% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 07°

Moon age

6.8days

Moon phase on April 9, 1916Waxing Crescent

Sunday 9 April 1916404,269 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 9, 1916, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 39.7% of its visible face lit, 6.8 days after the new moon and growing each night.

39.7%Illumination at noon UTC
6.8 dMoon age
404,269 km251,201 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 1916 is on Tuesday, April 18, 1916 at 05:07 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 2, 1916 at 16:21 UTC, 7 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Sunday, April 9, 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.