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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 1958: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 6.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 27°

Moon age

27.1days

Moon phase on April 16, 1958Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 April 1958406,267 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 1958, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 6.2% of its visible face lit, 27.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

6.2%Illumination at noon UTC
27.1 dMoon age
406,267 km252,443 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (27°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1958 is on Friday, April 4, 1958 at 03:45 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 19, 1958 at 03:24 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 10, 195823:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 19, 195803:24

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 1958 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 1958 to the new moon of April 19, 1958, a cycle of 29.73 days.