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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1921: Waxing Gibbous, 73% lit

Waxing · 73.1% lit · ♌︎ Leo 24°

Moon age

9.1days

Moon phase on April 17, 1921Waxing Gibbous

Sunday 17 April 1921369,803 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 1921, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 73.1% of its visible face lit, 9.1 days after the new moon and growing each night.

73.1%Illumination at noon UTC
9.1 dMoon age
369,803 km229,785 mi from Earth
♌︎ LeoMoon sign (24°)
32.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1921 is on Friday, April 22, 1921 at 07:49 UTC, 5 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 8, 1921 at 09:05 UTC, 9 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Friday, April 15, 192110:11
Full Moon (after)Friday, April 22, 192107:49

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 1921 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 8, 1921 to the new moon of May 7, 1921, a cycle of 29.50 days.