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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 88% lit

Waning · 88.2% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 05°

Moon age

17.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1930Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 April 1930389,833 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 88.2% of its visible face lit, 17.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

88.2%Illumination at noon UTC
17.3 dMoon age
389,833 km242,231 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (6°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1930 is on Sunday, April 13, 1930 at 05:48 UTC, 3 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 28, 1930 at 19:08 UTC, 12 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 13, 193005:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 20, 193022:09

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1930 to the new moon of April 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.56 days.