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The Moon on Sunday, April 10, 2016: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 13.4% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 03°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 10, 2016Waxing Crescent

Sunday 10 April 2016364,122 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 10, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 13.4% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

13.4%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
364,122 km226,255 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (4°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 10, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 3 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 10

More about this date

Sunday, April 10, 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.