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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1934: Waxing Crescent, 13% lit

Waxing · 12.8% lit · ♊︎ Gemini 08°

Moon age

3.5days

Moon phase on April 17, 1934Waxing Crescent

Tuesday 17 April 1934396,944 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 1934, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 12.8% of its visible face lit, 3.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

12.8%Illumination at noon UTC
3.5 dMoon age
396,944 km246,649 mi from Earth
♊︎ GeminiMoon sign (8°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1934 is on Sunday, April 29, 1934 at 12:45 UTC, 12 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 13, 1934 at 23:57 UTC, 4 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 13, 193423:57
First Quarter (after)Saturday, April 21, 193421:21

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 1934 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 13, 1934 to the new moon of May 13, 1934, a cycle of 29.52 days.