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The Moon on Friday, April 27, 1917: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 33.9% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 17°

Moon age

5.9days

Moon phase on April 27, 1917Waxing Crescent

Friday 27 April 1917399,989 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Friday, April 27, 1917, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 33.9% of its visible face lit, 5.9 days after the new moon and growing each night.

33.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.9 dMoon age
399,989 km248,542 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (18°)
29.9′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 27, 1917 is on Monday, May 7, 1917 at 02:43 UTC, 10 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 21, 1917 at 14:01 UTC, 6 days earlier.

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

The Moon around April 27

More about this date

Friday, April 27, 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.