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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 1931: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 2.2% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

28.2days

Moon phase on April 16, 1931Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 April 1931403,934 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 1931, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.2% of its visible face lit, 28.2 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.2%Illumination at noon UTC
28.2 dMoon age
403,934 km250,993 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (9°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1931 is on Thursday, April 2, 1931 at 20:05 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 18, 1931 at 01:00 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 9, 193120:15
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 18, 193101:00

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 1931 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 1931 to the new moon of April 18, 1931, a cycle of 29.71 days.