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The Moon on Sunday, April 17, 1994: Waxing Crescent, 34% lit

Waxing · 34.0% lit · ♋︎ Cancer 08°

Moon age

6.5days

Moon phase on April 17, 1994Waxing Crescent

Sunday 17 April 1994394,450 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Sunday, April 17, 1994, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 34.0% of its visible face lit, 6.5 days after the new moon and growing each night.

34.0%Illumination at noon UTC
6.5 dMoon age
394,450 km245,100 mi from Earth
♋︎ CancerMoon sign (8°)
30.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1994 is on Monday, April 25, 1994 at 19:45 UTC, 8 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Monday, April 11, 1994 at 00:17 UTC, 6 days earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Monday, April 11, 199400:17
First Quarter (after)Tuesday, April 19, 199402:34

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Sunday, April 17, 1994 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 11, 1994 to the new moon of May 10, 1994, a cycle of 29.70 days.