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The Moon on Tuesday, April 17, 1984: Waning Gibbous, 96% lit

Waning · 96.0% lit · ♏︎ Scorpio 20°

Moon age

16.0days

Moon phase on April 17, 1984Waning Gibbous

Tuesday 17 April 1984369,120 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Tuesday, April 17, 1984, the Moon was a Waning Gibbous: 96.0% of its visible face lit, 16.0 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

96.0%Illumination at noon UTC
16.0 dMoon age
369,120 km229,360 mi from Earth
♏︎ ScorpioMoon sign (21°)
32.4′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1984 is on Sunday, April 15, 1984 at 19:11 UTC, 2 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Tuesday, May 1, 1984 at 03:46 UTC, 14 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Sunday, April 15, 198419:11
Last Quarter (after)Monday, April 23, 198400:26

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Tuesday, April 17, 1984 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 1, 1984 to the new moon of May 1, 1984, a cycle of 29.65 days.