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The Moon on Saturday, April 17, 1999: Waxing Crescent, 3% lit

Waxing · 2.8% lit · ♉︎ Taurus 15°

Moon age

1.3days

Moon phase on April 17, 1999Waxing Crescent

Saturday 17 April 1999358,953 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Saturday, April 17, 1999, the Moon was a Waxing Crescent: 2.8% of its visible face lit, 1.3 days after the new moon and growing each night.

2.8%Illumination at noon UTC
1.3 dMoon age
358,953 km223,043 mi from Earth
♉︎ TaurusMoon sign (16°)
33.3′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaxingLit on the right (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 17, 1999 is on Friday, April 30, 1999 at 14:55 UTC, 13 days later, and the nearest new moon is on Friday, April 16, 1999 at 04:22 UTC, 1 day earlier.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
New Moon (before)Friday, April 16, 199904:22
First Quarter (after)Thursday, April 22, 199919:02

The Moon around April 17

More about this date

Saturday, April 17, 1999 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of April 16, 1999 to the new moon of May 15, 1999, a cycle of 29.32 days.