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The Moon on Friday, April 16, 1937: Waxing Crescent, 35% lit

Waxing · 35.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

5.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1937Waxing Crescent

Friday 16 April 1937371,773 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 16, 1937, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 35.2% of its visible face lit, 5.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

35.2%Illumination at noon UTC
5.3 dMoon age
371,773 km231,009 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (9°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1937 is on Sunday, April 25, 1937 at 15:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 11, 1937 at 05:10 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 11, 193705:10
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 17, 193720:34

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Friday, April 16, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1937 to the new moon of May 10, 1937, a cycle of 29.34 days.