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The Moon on Sunday, April 22, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 1% lit

Waxing · 1.2% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 13°

Moon age

0.9days

Moon phase on April 22, 1917Waxing Crescent

Sunday 22 April 1917377,128 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 22, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 1.2% of its visible face lit, 0.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

1.2%Illumination at noon UTC
0.9 dMoon age
377,128 km234,337 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 22, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 15 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Saturday, April 21, 191714:01
First Quarter (after)Sunday, April 29, 191705:22

The Moon around April 22

More about this date

Sunday, April 22, 1917 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 21, 1917 to the new moon of May 21, 1917, a cycle of 29.45 days.