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The Moon on Monday, April 17, 1939: Waning Crescent, 5% lit

Waning · 5.0% lit · ♈︎ Aries 00°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 17, 1939Waning Crescent

Monday 17 April 1939395,930 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 17, 1939, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.0% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.0%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
395,930 km246,019 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (1°)
30.2′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1939 is on Tuesday, April 4, 1939 at 04:18 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 19, 1939 at 16:35 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Tuesday, April 11, 193916:12
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 19, 193916:35

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Monday, April 17, 1939 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 21, 1939 to the new moon of April 19, 1939, a cycle of 29.62 days.