Skip to content
The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1924: Waxing Gibbous, 87% lit

Waxing · 87.4% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 14°

Moon age

12.2days

Moon phase on April 16, 1924Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 16 April 1924374,370 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 87.4% of its visible face lit, 12.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

87.4%Illumination at noon UTC
12.2 dMoon age
374,370 km232,623 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (14°)
31.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1924 is on Saturday, April 19, 1924 at 14:10 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 4, 1924 at 07:17 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 12, 192411:12
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 19, 192414:10

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1924 to the new moon of May 3, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.