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The Moon on Sunday, April 15, 1917: Waning Crescent, 43% lit

Waning · 42.6% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 03°

Moon age

23.3days

Moon phase on April 15, 1917Waning Crescent

Sunday 15 April 1917369,716 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 15, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 42.6% of its visible face lit, 23.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

42.6%Illumination at noon UTC
23.3 dMoon age
369,716 km229,731 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (4°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 15, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 6 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Saturday, April 14, 191720:12
New Moon (after)Saturday, April 21, 191714:01

The Moon around April 15

More about this date

Sunday, April 15, 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.