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The Moon on Friday, April 16, 1943: Waxing Gibbous, 84% lit

Waxing · 83.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 08°

Moon age

11.6days

Moon phase on April 16, 1943Waxing Gibbous

Friday 16 April 1943396,588 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 16, 1943, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 83.9% of its visible face lit, 11.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

83.9%Illumination at noon UTC
11.6 dMoon age
396,588 km246,429 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1943 is on Tuesday, April 20, 1943 at 11:11 UTC, 4 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 4, 1943 at 21:53 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 12, 194315:04
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 20, 194311:11

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Friday, April 16, 1943 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1943 to the new moon of May 4, 1943, a cycle of 29.49 days.