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The Moon on Wednesday, April 17, 1901: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 3.1% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1901Waning Crescent

Wednesday 17 April 1901358,927 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 17, 1901, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 3.1% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

3.1%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
358,927 km223,027 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1901 is on Thursday, April 4, 1901 at 01:20 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Thursday, April 18, 1901 at 21:37 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 12, 190103:57
New Moon (after)Thursday, April 18, 190121:37

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Wednesday, April 17, 1901 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 1901 to the new moon of April 18, 1901, a cycle of 29.36 days.