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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 1946: Full Moon, 100% lit

Waning · 99.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 26°

Full Moon at

10:47UTC

Moon phase on April 16, 1946Full Moon

Tuesday 16 April 1946402,330 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 1946, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.9% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .

99.9%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
402,330 km249,996 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (26°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit

Full moon

This is the Pink Moon, 402,227 km from Earth. Micromoon

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1946 is on Tuesday, April 16, 1946 at 10:47 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 2, 1946 at 04:37 UTC, 14 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 8, 194620:04
Full Moon (this day)Tuesday, April 16, 194610:47
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 24, 194615:19

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 1946 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 2, 1946 to the new moon of May 1, 1946, a cycle of 29.36 days.