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The Moon on Sunday, April 16, 2023: Waning Crescent, 17% lit

Waning · 17.0% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 07°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on April 16, 2023Waning Crescent

Sunday 16 April 2023368,026 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 16, 2023, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 17.0% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

17.0%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
368,026 km228,681 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (8°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2023 is on Thursday, April 6, 2023 at 04:35 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 20, 2023 at 04:13 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Thursday, April 13, 202309:11
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 20, 202304:13

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Sunday, April 16, 2023 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2023 to the new moon of April 20, 2023, a cycle of 29.45 days.