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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1920: Waning Crescent, 3% lit

Waning · 2.7% lit · ♈︎ Aries 08°

Moon age

28.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1920Waning Crescent

Saturday 17 April 1920371,866 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1920, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 2.7% of its visible face lit, 28.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

2.7%Illumination at noon UTC
28.0 dMoon age
371,866 km231,067 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (8°)
32.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1920 is on Saturday, April 3, 1920 at 10:54 UTC, 14 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 18, 1920 at 21:43 UTC, 1 day later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Sunday, April 11, 192013:24
New Moon (after)Sunday, April 18, 192021:43

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 1920 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 20, 1920 to the new moon of April 18, 1920, a cycle of 29.45 days.