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The Moon on Friday, April 16, 1999: New Moon, 0% lit

Waxing · 0.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 00°

New Moon at

04:22UTC

Moon phase on April 16, 1999New Moon

Friday 16 April 1999359,367 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 16, 1999, the Moon was a New Moon: 0.3% of its visible face lit, 29.7 days after the new moon and between the Earth and the Sun, so it is not visible. The exact New Moon happened at .

0.3%Illumination at noon UTC
29.7 dMoon age
359,367 km223,300 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (1°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
NewDark side faces Earth

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, the same day.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 9, 199902:51
New Moon (this day)Friday, April 16, 199904:22
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 22, 199919:02

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Friday, April 16, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1999 to the new moon of May 15, 1999, a cycle of 29.32 days.