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The Moon on Monday, April 16, 1951: Waxing Gibbous, 69% lit

Waxing · 68.9% lit · ♌︎ Leo 17°

Moon age

10.0days

Moon phase on April 16, 1951Waxing Gibbous

Monday 16 April 1951393,046 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 16, 1951, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 68.9% of its visible face lit, 10.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

68.9%Illumination at noon UTC
10.0 dMoon age
393,046 km244,227 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (18°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1951 is on Saturday, April 21, 1951 at 21:30 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 6, 1951 at 10:52 UTC, 10 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 14, 195112:56
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 21, 195121:30

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Monday, April 16, 1951 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 6, 1951 to the new moon of May 6, 1951, a cycle of 29.61 days.