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The Moon on Wednesday, April 4, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 91% lit

Waxing · 90.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 09°

Moon age

12.3days

Moon phase on April 4, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Wednesday 4 April 1917402,493 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 4, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 90.9% of its visible face lit, 12.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

90.9%Illumination at noon UTC
12.3 dMoon age
402,493 km250,098 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (9°)
29.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 4, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 3 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 12 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, March 30, 191710:36
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 7, 191713:49

The Moon around April 4

More about this date

Wednesday, April 4, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 23, 1917 to the new moon of April 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.41 days.