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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1924: Waxing Gibbous, 94% lit

Waxing · 93.9% lit · ♍︎ Virgo 28°

Moon age

13.2days

Moon phase on April 17, 1924Waxing Gibbous

Thursday 17 April 1924368,784 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 1924, the Moon was a Waxing Gibbous: 93.9% of its visible face lit, 13.2 days after the new moon and growing each night.

93.9%Illumination at noon UTC
13.2 dMoon age
368,784 km229,152 mi from Earth
♍︎ VirgoMoon sign (29°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1924 is on Saturday, April 19, 1924 at 14:10 UTC, 2 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 4, 1924 at 07:17 UTC, 13 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
First Quarter (before)Saturday, April 12, 192411:12
Full Moon (after)Saturday, April 19, 192414:10

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 1924 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 4, 1924 to the new moon of May 3, 1924, a cycle of 29.65 days.