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The Moon on Friday, April 1, 2016: Waning Crescent, 41% lit

Waning · 41.2% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 22°

Moon age

23.4days

Moon phase on April 1, 2016Waning Crescent

Friday 1 April 2016384,639 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 1, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 41.2% of its visible face lit, 23.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

41.2%Illumination at noon UTC
23.4 dMoon age
384,639 km239,004 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (23°)
31.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 1, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 9 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, March 31, 201615:17
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 7, 201611:24

The Moon around April 1

More about this date

Friday, April 1, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 9, 2016 to the new moon of April 7, 2016, a cycle of 29.40 days.