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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1917: Waning Crescent, 21% lit

Waning · 21.3% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 02°

Moon age

25.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 1917Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 April 1917367,011 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 21.3% of its visible face lit, 25.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

21.3%Illumination at noon UTC
25.3 dMoon age
367,011 km228,050 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (2°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 10 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 4 days later.

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

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 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.