Waxing · 4.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 20°
Moon age
2.0days
Moon phase on April 16, 2010Waxing Crescent
On Friday, April 16, 2010, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
4.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
385,967 km239,828 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (20°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 16, 2010 is on Wednesday, April 28, 2010 at 12:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 2010 at 12:29 UTC, 2 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Wednesday, April 14, 2010 | 12:29 |
| First Quarter (after) | Wednesday, April 21, 2010 | 18:20 |
The Moon around April 16
More about this date
Friday, April 16, 2010 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 2010 to the new moon of May 14, 2010, a cycle of 29.52 days.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2010, or the whole moon calendar 2010.
- The same date one year apart: 2009 · 2011.
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