Waxing · 43.1% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 15°
Moon age
6.0days
Moon phase on April 13, 2016Waxing Crescent
On Wednesday, April 13, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 43.1% of its visible face lit, 6.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
43.1%Illumination at noon UTC
6.0 dMoon age
381,003 km236,744 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (16°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 13, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 9 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 6 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| New Moon (before) | Thursday, April 7, 2016 | 11:24 |
| First Quarter (after) | Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 04:00 |
The Moon around April 13
More about this date
Wednesday, April 13, 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.
- See every phase of the month in the moon phases in April 2016, or the whole moon calendar 2016.
- The same date one year apart: 2015 · 2017.
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- Phases change by time zone: this page uses Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Learn how to read the phases of the moon.