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The Moon on Sunday, April 16, 1939: Waning Crescent, 10% lit

Waning · 10.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 18°

Moon age

26.4days

Moon phase on April 16, 1939Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 April 1939399,315 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 16, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.2% of its visible face lit, 26.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.2%Illumination at noon UTC
26.4 dMoon age
399,315 km248,123 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 11, 193916:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 19, 193916:35

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Sunday, April 16, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1939 to the new moon of April 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.62 days.