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The Moon on Thursday, April 16, 2043: First Quarter, 51% lit

Waxing · 51.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 27°

First Quarter at

10:09UTC

Moon phase on April 16, 2043First Quarter

Thursday 16 April 2043380,488 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 16, 2043, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 51.0% of its visible face lit, 6.7 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

51.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.7 dMoon age
380,488 km236,424 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (27°)
31.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2043 is on Friday, April 24, 2043 at 07:23 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 9, 2043 at 19:07 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Thursday, April 9, 204319:07
First Quarter (this day)Thursday, April 16, 204310:09
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 24, 204307:23

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Thursday, April 16, 2043 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 2043 to the new moon of May 9, 2043, a cycle of 29.34 days.