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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1930: Waning Gibbous, 81% lit

Waning · 80.9% lit · ♐︎ Sagittarius 18°

Moon age

18.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 1930Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 April 1930394,505 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 1930, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 80.9% of its visible face lit, 18.3 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

80.9%Illumination at noon UTC
18.3 dMoon age
394,505 km245,134 mi from Earth
♐︎ SagittariusMoon sign (19°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1930 is on Sunday, April 13, 1930 at 05:48 UTC, 4 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 28, 1930 at 19:08 UTC, 11 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 13, 193005:48
Last Quarter (after)Sunday, April 20, 193022:09

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 1930 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 30, 1930 to the new moon of April 28, 1930, a cycle of 29.56 days.