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The Moon on Wednesday, April 18, 1917: Waning Crescent, 13% lit

Waning · 12.6% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 16°

Moon age

26.3days

Moon phase on April 18, 1917Waning Crescent

Wednesday 18 April 1917366,898 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 18, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 12.6% of its visible face lit, 26.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

12.6%Illumination at noon UTC
26.3 dMoon age
366,898 km227,980 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (17°)
32.6′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 18, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 11 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 3 days later.

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

The Moon around April 18

More about this date

Wednesday, April 18, 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.