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The Moon on Thursday, April 12, 1917: Waning Gibbous, 75% lit

Waning · 75.1% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 21°

Moon age

20.3days

Moon phase on April 12, 1917Waning Gibbous

Thursday 12 April 1917377,336 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 12, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 75.1% of its visible face lit, 20.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

75.1%Illumination at noon UTC
20.3 dMoon age
377,336 km234,465 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (22°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 12, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 5 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 9 days later.

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

The Moon around April 12

More about this date

Thursday, April 12, 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.