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The Moon on Monday, April 16, 2001: Waning Crescent, 42% lit

Waning · 42.1% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

22.4days

Moon phase on April 16, 2001Waning Crescent

Monday 16 April 2001404,132 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 16, 2001, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.1% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.1%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
404,132 km251,116 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
29.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2001 is on Sunday, April 8, 2001 at 03:22 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 2001 at 15:26 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 15, 200115:31
New Moon (after)Monday, April 23, 200115:26

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Monday, April 16, 2001 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 25, 2001 to the new moon of April 23, 2001, a cycle of 29.59 days.