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The Moon on Friday, April 28, 1916: Waning Crescent, 15% lit

Waning · 14.7% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 23°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on April 28, 1916Waning Crescent

Friday 28 April 1916381,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 28, 1916, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 14.7% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

14.7%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
381,861 km237,278 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (23°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 28, 1916 is on Tuesday, April 18, 1916 at 05:07 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 2, 1916 at 05:29 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Monday, April 24, 191622:38
New Moon (after)Tuesday, May 2, 191605:29

The Moon around April 28

More about this date

Friday, April 28, 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.