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The Moon on Wednesday, April 16, 2081: First Quarter, 48% lit

Waxing · 47.5% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 24°

First Quarter at

17:31UTC

Moon phase on April 16, 2081First Quarter

Wednesday 16 April 2081373,158 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 16, 2081, the Moon will be a First Quarter: 47.5% of its visible face lit, 7.2 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happens at .

47.5%Illumination at noon UTC
7.2 dMoon age
373,158 km231,870 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (24°)
32.0′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 16, 2081 is on Wednesday, April 23, 2081 at 10:20 UTC, 7 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 9, 2081 at 08:15 UTC, 7 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 9, 208108:15
First Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 16, 208117:31
Full Moon (after)Wednesday, April 23, 208110:20

The Moon around April 16

More about this date

Wednesday, April 16, 2081 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 9, 2081 to the new moon of May 8, 2081, a cycle of 29.58 days.