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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1937: First Quarter, 46% lit

Waxing · 46.2% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 22°

First Quarter at

20:34UTC

Moon phase on April 17, 1937First Quarter

Saturday 17 April 1937376,867 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1937, the Moon was a First Quarter: 46.2% of its visible face lit, 6.3 days after the new moon and growing each night. The exact First Quarter happened at .

46.2%Illumination at noon UTC
6.3 dMoon age
376,867 km234,174 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (23°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1937 is on Sunday, April 25, 1937 at 15:24 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Sunday, April 11, 1937 at 05:10 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Sunday, April 11, 193705:10
First Quarter (this day)Saturday, April 17, 193720:34
Full Moon (after)Sunday, April 25, 193715:24

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 1937 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1937 to the new moon of May 10, 1937, a cycle of 29.34 days.