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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1906: Waning Crescent, 33% lit

Waning · 33.0% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 16°

Moon age

23.5days

Moon phase on April 17, 1906Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 April 1906386,463 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 1906, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 33.0% of its visible face lit, 23.5 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

33.0%Illumination at noon UTC
23.5 dMoon age
386,463 km240,137 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (17°)
30.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1906 is on Monday, April 9, 1906 at 06:12 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 23, 1906 at 16:07 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 15, 190620:37
New Moon (after)Monday, April 23, 190616:07

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 1906 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 24, 1906 to the new moon of April 23, 1906, a cycle of 29.68 days.