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The Moon on Friday, April 20, 1917: Waning Crescent, 2% lit

Waning · 1.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 15°

Moon age

28.3days

Moon phase on April 20, 1917Waning Crescent

Friday 20 April 1917369,896 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 20, 1917, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 1.8% of its visible face lit, 28.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

1.8%Illumination at noon UTC
28.3 dMoon age
369,896 km229,843 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (15°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 20, 1917 is on Saturday, April 7, 1917 at 13:49 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 1 day later.

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

The Moon around April 20

More about this date

Friday, April 20, 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.