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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 2020: Waning Crescent, 35% lit

Waning · 35.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 14°

Moon age

23.1days

Moon phase on April 16, 2020Waning Crescent

Thursday 16 April 2020397,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 2020, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 35.0% of its visible face lit, 23.1 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

35.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.1 dMoon age
397,898 km247,243 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (15°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2020 is on Wednesday, April 8, 2020 at 02:35 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 23, 2020 at 02:26 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 14, 202022:56
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 23, 202002:26

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 2020 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 2020 to the new moon of April 23, 2020, a cycle of 29.71 days.