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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 72% lit

Waning · 71.8% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 00°

Moon age

19.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 1941Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 April 1941371,413 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 71.8% of its visible face lit, 19.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

71.8%Illumination at noon UTC
19.7 dMoon age
371,413 km230,785 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (0°)
32.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1941 is on Friday, April 11, 1941 at 21:15 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 1941 at 13:24 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 11, 194121:15
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 18, 194113:03

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 27, 1941 to the new moon of April 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.72 days.