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The Moon on Saturday, April 16, 1966: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on April 16, 1966Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 April 1966404,975 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 16, 1966, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.2% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
404,975 km251,640 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (7°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1966 is on Tuesday, April 5, 1966 at 11:13 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 20, 1966 at 20:35 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 12, 196617:28
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 20, 196620:35

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Saturday, April 16, 1966 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 1966 to the new moon of April 20, 1966, a cycle of 29.66 days.