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The Moon on Saturday, April 9, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 6% lit

Waxing · 6.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 18°

Moon age

2.0days

Moon phase on April 9, 2016Waxing Crescent

Saturday 9 April 2016360,134 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 9, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 6.3% of its visible face lit, 2.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

6.3%Illumination at noon UTC
2.0 dMoon age
360,134 km223,777 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (19°)
33.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 9, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 7, 201611:24
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 14, 201604:00

The Moon around April 9

More about this date

Saturday, April 9, 2016 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 7, 2016 to the new moon of May 6, 2016, a cycle of 29.34 days.