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The Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2017: Waning Gibbous, 77% lit

Waning · 76.6% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 24°

Moon age

19.4days

Moon phase on April 16, 2017Waning Gibbous

Sunday 16 April 2017404,852 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 16, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 76.6% of its visible face lit, 19.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

76.6%Illumination at noon UTC
19.4 dMoon age
404,852 km251,563 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (25°)
29.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 10 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 11, 201706:08
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 19, 201709:57

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Sunday, April 16, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 2017 to the new moon of April 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.39 days.