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The Moon on Saturday, April 16, 2016: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

9.0days

Moon phase on April 16, 2016Waxing Gibbous

Saturday 16 April 2016396,371 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 16, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.0% of its visible face lit, 9.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.0%Illumination at noon UTC
9.0 dMoon age
396,371 km246,293 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 6 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Thursday, April 14, 201604:00
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 201605:24

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Saturday, April 16, 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.