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The Moon on Saturday, April 16, 2072: Waning Crescent, 4% lit

Waning · 4.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 04°

Moon age

27.7days

Moon phase on April 16, 2072Waning Crescent

Saturday 16 April 2072398,727 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 16, 2072, the Moon will be a Waning Crescent: 4.0% of its visible face lit, 27.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

4.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.7 dMoon age
398,727 km247,757 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (4°)
30.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2072 is on Sunday, April 3, 2072 at 01:25 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 18, 2072 at 11:57 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 10, 207208:53
New Moon (after)Monday, April 18, 207211:57

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Saturday, April 16, 2072 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 19, 2072 to the new moon of April 18, 2072, a cycle of 29.65 days.