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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1919: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 95.9% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 19°

Moon age

16.6days

Moon phase on April 17, 1919Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 April 1919406,015 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 1919, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 95.9% of its visible face lit, 16.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

95.9%Illumination at noon UTC
16.6 dMoon age
406,015 km252,286 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (20°)
29.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1919 is on Tuesday, April 15, 1919 at 08:25 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 30, 1919 at 05:30 UTC, 13 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 15, 191908:25
Last Quarter (after)Wednesday, April 23, 191911:21

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 1919 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 31, 1919 to the new moon of April 30, 1919, a cycle of 29.35 days.