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The Moon on Wednesday, April 19, 2017: Last Quarter, 49% lit

Waning · 49.3% lit · ♒︎ Aquarius 00°

Last Quarter at

09:57UTC

Moon phase on April 19, 2017Last Quarter

Wednesday 19 April 2017396,210 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Wednesday, April 19, 2017, the Moon was a Last Quarter: 49.3% of its visible face lit, 22.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night. The exact Last Quarter happened at .

49.3%Illumination at noon UTC
22.4 dMoon age
396,210 km246,193 mi from Earth
♒︎ AquariusMoon sign (1°)
30.1′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 19, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 8 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 7 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Full Moon (before)Tuesday, April 11, 201706:08
Last Quarter (this day)Wednesday, April 19, 201709:57
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 26, 201712:16

The Moon around April 19

More about this date

Wednesday, April 19, 2017 falls in the lunar cycle that runs from the new moon of March 28, 2017 to the new moon of April 26, 2017, a cycle of 29.39 days.