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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2019: Waxing Gibbous, 88% lit

Waxing · 88.0% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 15°

Moon age

11.1days

Moon phase on April 16, 2019Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 April 2019364,308 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 2019, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 88.0% of its visible face lit, 11.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

88.0%Illumination at noon UTC
11.1 dMoon age
364,308 km226,370 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (16°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2019 is on Friday, April 19, 2019 at 11:12 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 5, 2019 at 08:51 UTC, 11 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 12, 201919:06
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 19, 201911:12

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 2019 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 5, 2019 to the new moon of May 4, 2019, a cycle of 29.58 days.