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The Moon on Monday, April 16, 2012: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 20.5% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 03°

Moon age

24.9days

Moon phase on April 16, 2012Waning Crescent

Monday 16 April 2012394,536 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 16, 2012, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 20.5% of its visible face lit, 24.9 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

20.5%Illumination at noon UTC
24.9 dMoon age
394,536 km245,153 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (3°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2012 is on Friday, April 6, 2012 at 19:19 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 2012 at 07:19 UTC, 5 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 13, 201210:50
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 21, 201207:19

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Monday, April 16, 2012 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 22, 2012 to the new moon of April 21, 2012, a cycle of 29.70 days.