Waning · 56.9% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 01°
Moon age
22.0days
Moon phase on April 29, 2016Waning Gibbous
On Friday, April 29, 2016, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 56.9% of its visible face lit, 22.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.
56.9%Illumination at noon UTC
22.0 dMoon age
385,435 km239,498 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (2°)
31.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)
Nearest moon phases
The nearest full moon to April 29, 2016 is on Friday, April 22, 2016 at 05:24 UTC, 7 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, May 6, 2016 at 19:30 UTC, 7 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 29
More about this date
Friday, April 29, 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.