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The Moon on Friday, April 16, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 18% lit

Waxing · 18.3% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 16°

Moon age

4.0days

Moon phase on April 16, 1926Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 April 1926387,432 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 16, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 18.3% of its visible face lit, 4.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

18.3%Illumination at noon UTC
4.0 dMoon age
387,432 km240,739 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (16°)
30.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 1926 at 12:56 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 12, 192612:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 19, 192623:23

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Friday, April 16, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.