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The Moon on Friday, April 6, 1917: Waxing Gibbous, 99% lit

Waxing · 98.7% lit · ♎︎ Libra 03°

Moon age

14.3days

Moon phase on April 6, 1917Waxing Gibbous

Friday 6 April 1917397,070 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 6, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 98.7% of its visible face lit, 14.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

98.7%Illumination at noon UTC
14.3 dMoon age
397,070 km246,728 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (4°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 6, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 1 day later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, March 23, 1917 at 04:05 UTC, 14 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 6

More about this date

Friday, April 6, 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.