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The Moon on Friday, April 21, 1916: Waning Gibbous, 86% lit

Waning · 85.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 15°

Moon age

18.8days

Moon phase on April 21, 1916Waning Gibbous

Friday 21 April 1916366,314 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 21, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 85.9% of its visible face lit, 18.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

85.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.8 dMoon age
366,314 km227,617 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (15°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 21, 1916 is on Tuesday, April 18, 1916 at 05:07 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 18, 191605:07
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 24, 191622:38

The Moon around April 21

More about this date

Friday, April 21, 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.