Waning · 98.4% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 17°
Moon age
16.0days
Moon phase on April 23, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Saturday, April 23, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.4% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
98.4%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
405,240 km251,804 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (18°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 23, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 13 days later.
| Phase | Date | Time (UTC) |
|---|---|---|
| Full Moon (before) | Friday, April 22, 2016 | 05:24 |
| Last Quarter (after) | Saturday, April 30, 2016 | 03:29 |
The Moon around April 23
More about this date
Saturday, April 23, 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.
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