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The Moon on Sunday, April 8, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 99% lit

Waning · 98.9% lit · ♎︎ Libra 28°

Moon age

16.3days

Moon phase on April 8, 1917Waning Gibbous

Sunday 8 April 1917390,348 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 8, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 98.9% of its visible face lit, 16.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

98.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.3 dMoon age
390,348 km242,551 mi from Earth
♎︎ LibraMoon sign (29°)
30.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 8, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 1 day earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Saturday, April 7, 191713:49
Last Quarter (after)Saturday, April 14, 191720:12

The Moon around April 8

More about this date

Sunday, April 8, 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.