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The Moon on Monday, April 24, 2017: Waning Crescent, 6% lit

Waning · 5.8% lit · ♈︎ Aries 06°

Moon age

27.4days

Moon phase on April 24, 2017Waning Crescent

Monday 24 April 2017367,881 km · north up · 12:00 UTC

On Monday, April 24, 2017, the Moon was a Waning Crescent: 5.8% of its visible face lit, 27.4 days after the new moon and shrinking each night.

5.8%Illumination at noon UTC
27.4 dMoon age
367,881 km228,590 mi from Earth
♈︎ AriesMoon sign (7°)
32.5′Apparent size (arcmin)
WaningLit on the left (N. Hemisphere)

Nearest moon phases

The nearest full moon to April 24, 2017 is on Tuesday, April 11, 2017 at 06:08 UTC, 13 days earlier, and the nearest new moon is on Wednesday, April 26, 2017 at 12:16 UTC, 2 days later.

PhaseDateTime (UTC)
Last Quarter (before)Wednesday, April 19, 201709:57
New Moon (after)Wednesday, April 26, 201712:16

The Moon around April 24

More about this date

Monday, April 24, 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.