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The Moon on Monday, April 23, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 5% lit

Waxing · 4.6% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 27°

Moon age

1.9days

Moon phase on April 23, 1917Waxing Crescent

Monday 23 April 1917381,861 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 23, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 4.6% of its visible face lit, 1.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

4.6%Illumination at noon UTC
1.9 dMoon age
381,861 km237,277 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (27°)
31.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 23, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 14 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 2 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 23

More about this date

Monday, April 23, 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.