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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1918: Waxing Crescent, 33% lit

Waxing · 33.3% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 06°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1918Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 16 April 1918384,530 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 1918, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.3% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.3%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
384,530 km238,936 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (6°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1918 is on Friday, April 26, 1918 at 08:05 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 11, 1918 at 04:34 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 11, 191804:34
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 18, 191804:07

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 1918 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1918 to the new moon of May 10, 1918, a cycle of 29.35 days.