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The Moon on Tuesday, April 16, 2024: Waxing Gibbous, 57% lit

Waxing · 57.0% lit · ♌︎ Leo 04°

Moon age

7.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 2024Waxing Gibbous

Tuesday 16 April 2024398,646 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 16, 2024, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 57.0% of its visible face lit, 7.7 days after the new moon and growing each night.

57.0%Illumination at noon UTC
7.7 dMoon age
398,646 km247,707 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (5°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2024 is on Tuesday, April 23, 2024 at 23:49 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 8, 2024 at 18:21 UTC, 8 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Monday, April 15, 202419:13
Full Moon (after)Tuesday, April 23, 202423:49

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Tuesday, April 16, 2024 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 2024 to the new moon of May 8, 2024, a cycle of 29.38 days.