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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1915: Waxing Crescent, 8% lit

Waxing · 8.3% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 29°

Moon age

3.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1915Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 April 1915406,064 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1915, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 8.3% of its visible face lit, 3.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

8.3%Illumination at noon UTC
3.0 dMoon age
406,064 km252,317 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (30°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1915 is on Thursday, April 29, 1915 at 14:19 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 14, 1915 at 11:36 UTC, 3 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Wednesday, April 14, 191511:36
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 22, 191515:39

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 1915 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 14, 1915 to the new moon of May 14, 1915, a cycle of 29.66 days.