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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2042: Waning Crescent, 18% lit

Waning · 18.2% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 06°

Moon age

25.8days

Moon phase on April 16, 2042Waning Crescent

Wednesday 16 April 2042364,582 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 2042, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 18.2% of its visible face lit, 25.8 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

18.2%Illumination at noon UTC
25.8 dMoon age
364,582 km226,541 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (6°)
32.8′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2042 is on Saturday, April 5, 2042 at 14:16 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 20, 2042 at 02:19 UTC, 4 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 13, 204211:09
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 20, 204202:19

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 2042 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 2042 to the new moon of April 20, 2042, a cycle of 29.37 days.