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The Moon on Thursday, April 17, 1941: Waning Gibbous, 61% lit

Waning · 61.3% lit · ♑︎ Capricorn 14°

Moon age

20.7days

Moon phase on April 17, 1941Waning Gibbous

Thursday 17 April 1941377,223 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Thursday, April 17, 1941, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 61.3% of its visible face lit, 20.7 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

61.3%Illumination at noon UTC
20.7 dMoon age
377,223 km234,395 mi from Earth
♑︎ CapricornMoon sign (14°)
31.7′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1941 is on Friday, April 11, 1941 at 21:15 UTC, 6 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Saturday, April 26, 1941 at 13:24 UTC, 9 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Friday, April 11, 194121:15
Last Quarter (after)Friday, April 18, 194113:03

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Thursday, April 17, 1941 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 27, 1941 to the new moon of April 26, 1941, a cycle of 29.72 days.