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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1926: Waxing Crescent, 27% lit

Waxing · 26.9% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 29°

Moon age

5.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1926Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 April 1926392,668 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1926, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 26.9% of its visible face lit, 5.0 days after the new moon and growing each night.

26.9%Illumination at noon UTC
5.0 dMoon age
392,668 km243,993 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (29°)
30.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1926 is on Wednesday, April 28, 1926 at 00:17 UTC, 11 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 12, 1926 at 12:56 UTC, 5 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 12, 192612:56
First Quarter (after)Monday, April 19, 192623:23

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 1926 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 12, 1926 to the new moon of May 11, 1926, a cycle of 29.42 days.