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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1928: Waning Crescent, 11% lit

Waning · 10.8% lit · ♓︎ Pisces 19°

Moon age

26.6days

Moon phase on April 17, 1928Waning Crescent

Tuesday 17 April 1928367,407 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 1928, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 10.8% of its visible face lit, 26.6 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

10.8%Illumination at noon UTC
26.6 dMoon age
367,407 km228,296 mi from Earth
♓︎ PiscesMoon sign (19°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1928 is on Thursday, April 5, 1928 at 03:38 UTC, 12 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 20, 1928 at 05:25 UTC, 3 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Friday, April 13, 192808:09
New Moon (after)Friday, April 20, 192805:25

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 1928 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1928 to the new moon of April 20, 1928, a cycle of 29.37 days.