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The Moon on Saturday, April 2, 2016: Waning Crescent, 31% lit

Waning · 30.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 05°

Moon age

24.4days

Moon phase on April 2, 2016Waning Crescent

Saturday 2 April 2016378,491 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 2, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 30.9% of its visible face lit, 24.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

30.9%Illumination at noon UTC
24.4 dMoon age
378,491 km235,183 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (6°)
31.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 2, 2016 is on Wednesday, March 23, 2016 at 12:01 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 5 days later.

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

The Moon around April 2

More about this date

Saturday, April 2, 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.