Waning · 99.8% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 05°
Full Moon at
05:24UTC
Moon phase on April 22, 2016Full Moon
On Friday, April 22, 2016, the Moon was a Full Moon: 99.8% of its visible face lit, 15.0 days after the new moon and at its fullest. The exact Full Moon happened at .
99.8%Illumination at noon UTC
15.0 dMoon age
406,112 km252,346 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (6°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
FullWhole disc lit
Full moon
This is the Pink Moon, 406,237 km from Earth. Micromoon
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 22, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, the same day, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 14 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| First Quarter (before) | Thursday, April 14, 2016 | 04:00 |
| Full Moon (this day) | Friday, April 22, 2016 | 05:24 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, April 30, 2016 | 03:29 |
The Moon around April 22
More about this date
Friday, April 22, 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.