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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1904: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.7% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

1.6days

Moon phase on April 17, 1904Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 April 1904389,625 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 1904, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 1.6 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
1.6 dMoon age
389,625 km242,102 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
30.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1904 is on Friday, April 29, 1904 at 22:36 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 15, 1904 at 21:53 UTC, 2 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 15, 190421:53
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 23, 190404:55

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 1904 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 15, 1904 to the new moon of May 15, 1904, a cycle of 29.55 days.