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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2014: Waning Gibbous, 98% lit

Waning · 98.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 10°

Moon age

16.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 2014Waning Gibbous

Wednesday 16 April 2014380,740 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 2014, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.7 dMoon age
380,740 km236,581 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (11°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2014 is on Tuesday, April 15, 2014 at 07:42 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, April 29, 2014 at 06:14 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 15, 201407:42
Last Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 22, 201407:52

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 2014 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 2014 to the new moon of April 29, 2014, a cycle of 29.48 days.