Waxing · 99.5% lit · ♎︎ Libra 23°
Moon age
14.0days
Moon phase on April 21, 2016Waxing Gibbous
On Thursday, April 21, 2016, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 99.5% of its visible face lit, 14.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.
99.5%Illumination at noon UTC
14.0 dMoon age
406,329 km252,481 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (24°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 21, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 7, 2016 at 11:24 UTC, 14 days earlier.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 04:00 |
| Full Moon (after) | Friday, April 22, 2016 | 05:24 |
The Moon around April 21
More about this date
Thursday, April 21, 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.